date:Jul 07, 2014
The French Roussillon apricot is to receive AOC (appellation d'origin controle) labelling.
French apricot producers started a campaign for the label fourteen years ago.
'Red Apricots of Roussillon' covers all the varieties of red Roussillon apricots.
It represents around 50% of the Pyrnes-Orientales production - 6,000 tons with a 12,000 ton potential.
It applies to traditionally farmed land as well as organically farmed land.
Appellation dOrigine Contrle (AOC) is a French system of laws a