Regional & local food
Defra is responsible for the administration of the policy on regional, local and speciality food and the EU Regulations on the Protected Food Names Schemes.
Latest news
5 February 2009: Consultation exercises for the following applications are now underway:
- Traditional Pasture Reared Beef (PDF 178 KB)
- Lincolnshire Pork Sausages (PDF 43 KB)
- Cornish Butter (PDF 49 KB)
Responses should be sent to FFB by close 20 April 2009.
7 November 2008: Application to register ‘Cornish Pasty’ (PDF 40 KB) as a PGI has been submitted to the Commission.
6 November 2008: Final consultation on the decision to submit the application to register Native Shetland Organic Wool PDO (PDF 60KB) commences. Any objections or comments should be submitted to Defra by 25 November 2008.
5 November 2008: Application to register “Traditional Bramley Apple Pie Filling” (PDF 50KB) as a TSG has now been submitted to the Commission.
25 October 2008: The European Commission published it’s Green Paper on agricultural product quality, farming requirements and quality schemes , for consultation. Defra welcomes the publication of this paper and we have written to our stakeholders to draw it to their attention. The letter (PDF 60KB) contains information about the Green Paper and the consultation process.
European Commission: DG Agriculture and Rural Development launch a new database of protected quality names for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The Database of Origin and Register (DOOR) system provides access to full information on registered names.
New colours for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) products. The Commission Regulation (EC) 628/2008 provides details of the new symbol for PDO products. The new PDO symbol is the same as the previous one in terms of shape and design, but now bears the colours red and gold with the wording ‘Protected Designation of Origin’. The new Regulation provides a transitional period to allow businesses to take account of the change. This means that, although use of the logo and/or the words for PDO will become compulsory on the labels of protected food name products from 1 May 2009, use of the previous blue and yellow version of the PDO logo can continue until 1 May 2010. The PGI and TSG logos are not affected by the change.
Contact Defra
Responsibilities for handling applications made under the EU protected food name scheme within England have transferred from Defra to Food From Britain.
Area 8E, 9 Millbank
c/o Nobel House
London, SW1P 3JR
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7238 5728
Email: protectedfoodnames@defra.gsi.gov.uk
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Page last modified: 5 February 2009