date:Sep 18, 2012
new rules include a stricter definition for the traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG) label, with the time that the product must have been used on the domestic market extended from 25 to 30 years, and recipes protected as well as production methods.
The introduction of a new mountain label is also expected, with a label for island produce likely to follow a year later.
MEPs rejected a proposal to allow producers groups to establish a system to manage the volume of their protected products, b