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The Consorzio Tutela Fontina DOP Announces Strategic Media Relations Campaign in the US Share Article The Italian PDO cheese from the Aosta Valley will participate in several promotional actions in the US to increase its popularity among restaurateurs and consumers. NEW YORK (PRWEB) January 13, 2021 The Fontina DOP Consortium (Consorzio Tutela Fontina), the entity that protects and promotes the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin...

Spanish police investigate international scam involving sale of non-certified organic grapes The Guardia Civil of Alicante has started an investigation on two men and a woman of Spanish nationality for fraud, belonging to a criminal group, document forging and crimes against consumer rights, for allegedly marketing up to a total of 15 tons of conventional table grapes which were sold as organic. The ROCA Team (Team Against Theft in the Field) of the Guardia Civil of the municipality of Ibi laun...

THE MP for the Vale of Clwyd championed the Denbigh Plum during a debate in Parliament. Dr James Davies welcomed the fact the new UK protected food name scheme, which will come into force on January 1, will ensure it maintains its Protected Designation of Origin status. At the end of the Transition Period, the new and independent Geographical Indications (GI) schemes will make sure that popular and traditional produce from across the country will be granted special status to mark out thei...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: A recent decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) highlights the overlap between trademark law and food regulatory law as well as the United States’ and Europe’s different approaches to Geographic Indications (“GIs”).  GIs identify the particular location where an agricultural product (such as cheese, wine, or spirits) originates. Interprofession du Gruyère, a Swiss association, and Syndicat Interprofess...

Tricks for cooking haloumi I have never successfully fried New Zealand haloumi. When I was in England I used to make a simple dish of fried sliced leeks and cubed haloumi. When I make it here (using "Cypriot-style" Zany Zeus haloumi) it turns into a sticky mess. Any tips? Judith Funnily enough, I recommended Zany Zeus haloumi in this column just a few weeks ago as I find it absolutely delicious and I wish the British brands were halfway as good. It is creamier, it does melt more than the Britis...

The European Union has launched a new data­base con­tain­ing infor­ma­tion about agri­cul­tural and food prod­ucts bear­ing a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) or Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) label under the bloc’s geo­graph­i­cal indi­ca­tions (GIs) qual­ity plan. Every E.U.-registered geo­graph­i­cal indi­ca­tion has a story behind it, reflect­ing the vari­ety and wealth of prod­ucts that our con­ti­nent has to offer. - Janusz Wojciechowski, Europe...

Does Nutri-Score discriminate against traditional foods? One of Europe’s most popular front-of-pack nutrition labels has been criticised for discriminating against foods that are traditional, single-ingredient, protected by geographical indications, or all of the above. Nutri-Score was first developed in France in 2017. In just three short years, the front-of-pack (FOP) labelling scheme has become one the most popular amongst Member States and brands alike. However...

Welcome to this EURACTIV special edition on agrifood trade, where we take a closer look at each member state’s position on trade and their country’s own specific issues. Free trade agreements (FTAs) have become an increasingly contentious issue for a number of member states over the past few years, especially with the looming issue of the ratification of the Mercosur deal, which has been in the works for over 20 years. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the importance of creating ...