BRUSSELS RELEASES NEW EU STANDARDS FOR SPANISH-INSPIRED SLOW SPIRITS
February 8th, 2015
The European Commission has amended European Union (EU) marketing rules for Spanish sloe spirit Pacharán by insisting that a generic description is used when the product is made outside Spain. In these cases, it should be labelled ‘Sloe-aromatised spirit drink’, with Pacharán used only as a supplementary descriptor alongside the country of manufacture. This new Commission geographical indication regulation would “convey clear information to non-Spanish consumers,” says its text.The law also insists on some technical rules for this new generic ...
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