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Article: Parma loses drama over cheaper supermarket ham.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- December 2, 1998
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The producers of Italy's famous Parma ham failed yesterday in a renewed court bid to stop UK supermarket chain Asda selling ham that is sliced and packed in Britain rather than in the Parma region. Three Court of Appeal judges ruled that, although EC regulations gave Parma a "protected designation of origin" (PDO), they did not include the strict Italian rules on slicing and packaging - which therefore did not apply in ...