EU GIVES FIRST ORIGIN PROTECTION TO TRADITIONAL FOOD MADE IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTRY
February 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has for the first time protected a traditional food product from being copied outside its home region which has historically been made in two countries. This groundbreaking protected designation of origin (PDO) and geographical indication has been awarded to a honey made in Poland and Lithuania: called Miód z Sejne?szczyny/?o?dziejszczyzny in Polish and Sein?/Lazdij? kra?to medus in Lithuanian. It is dark yellow or gold, slightly cloudy and made from pollen from several dozen plants in the Niemen river valley, (shared by ...
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