EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROTECTS GERMAN BLOOD SAUSAGE WITH GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION
July 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Commission has protected the use of a German blood sausage product name, adding it to the list of European Union (EU) geographical indications. The spicy 'Aachener Puttes,' (or 'Oecher Puttes' in local dialect - both names will be protected) from Aachen city in north-west Germany is sold fresh, tinned or smoked.
An EU memorandum has explained that for these names to be used in marketing this blood sausage, all production steps must take place in Aachen, from the testing of ingredients upon delivery to the production site to the final, packaged ...
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