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Article: The Cornish pasty needs PGI status.(LETTER OF THE WEEK)(Letter to the editor)
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- April 12, 2008
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Following the success of Melton Mowbray pork pies being awarded Protected Geographical Indication status by the European Commission the Cornish Pasty Association is keen to secure the same protection for the Cornish pasty.
The importance of the pasty to the Cornish economy can't be underestimated. With 86.5 million pasties made in the county each year and some 13,000 people benefiting, indirectly and directly, from the trade, it is not an industry to be sneezed at. Many pasties sold are labelled as Cornish even though they are made elsewhere, without following a traditional recipe or being baked the correct way.
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