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Send to Kindle Bulgaria has sent applications for entry of "Bulgarian yoghurt" and "Bulgarian white brined cheese" as Protected Designations of Origin (PDO) in the European Register of Protected Designations of Origin and Protected Geographical Indications for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs. They are submitted by the "Bulgarian traditional dairy products" association. During the national application processing procedure, a commission at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry reviewed all attached documents to the submitted applications. A number of working meetings were held wit...

EU calls for comments on GI scheme review 27-01-2021 24-09-2018 The European Commission has launched a public consultation calling for views on how to strengthen the geographical indications system. The goal of the consultation, announced on Monday, January 25, is to gather views on the major challenges that need to be addressed ahead of a planned revision of the system as well as their underlying causes. The Commission will also use the consultation to research policy options that could address these challenges and the potential effects of these different options. The European Union protects...

Public consultation on how to strengthen GI system launched by commission The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how to strengthen the geographical indications (GI) system. It is inviting citizens and organisations as well as national and regional public authorities to contribute to the assessment. The EU protects almost 3,400 names of specific products – agricultural products and foodstuffs, fishery and aquaculture products, wines, spirit drinks – under one of its quality schemes: GI; Protected Designations of Origin (PDO); Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In the face of Brexit discussions, the protection of agricultural products and foodstuffs, with regards to the quality we have come to expect, remains unclear. As a self-proclaimed food-snob, frequenter of whisky bars and connoisseur of fine wines, I caught myself pondering the post-Brexit future of my favourite EU/UK food and drink produce. Faced with a mixed cheese and charcuterie platter consisting of Parma Ham, Danish Blue, Brie de Meaux, Camembert de Normandie, Gorgonzola and, you gues...