PORTUGUESE BISCUITS GET EU GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION PROTECTION
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has extended European Union (EU) geographical indication protection to traditional Portuguese biscuits 'Ovos Molos de Aveiro' and to Italian chestnuts 'Castagna di Vallerano'. This means these marketing terms can only be used by biscuits and chestnuts made according to set traditional methods in their usual historic home production regions.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has extended European Union (EU) geographical indication protection to traditional Portuguese biscuits 'Ovos Molos de Aveiro' and to Italian chestnuts 'Castagna di Vallerano'. This means these marketing terms can only be used by biscuits and chestnuts made according to set traditional methods in their usual historic home production regions.
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