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Article: European judge: Parma ham is Parma ham, even when it's sliced in Britain
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- April 25, 2002
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Dateline: LUXEMBOURG
Italian producers received a blow Thursday in their legal battle to
show that Parma ham sliced in Britain is no longer Parma ham.
Advocate General Siegbert Alber of the European Court of Justice found
that Britain's Asda supermarket chain could continue to market Parma
ham sliced and packaged in Britain, despite objections from the consortium
of ham producers in the Italian city Parma.
The consortium had argued that slicing outside the area compromised
the traditional production methods guaranteed by the Parma ham label.
Alber also rejected a similar argument that Italy's Grana Padano cheese
could no longer be marketed under that label if they were ...