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Article: Lemon curd faces wrath of Brussels.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2002
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THE names of traditional foods such as lemon curd and mincemeat could soon be banned by the EU.
Brussels is worried that consumers on the Continent may think that the labels refer to dairy or red meat products.
But a move to ban the names has provoked a backlash.
Andrew Wild, owner of Farmhouse Preserves, which supplies the Ritz Hotel, said: 'Apparently, the idea is that a Frenchman picking up a jar of lemon curd should not be misled into thinking it is a dairy food, or that an Italian might think ...