Britain Could Lose Protected Geographical Brands Like Grimsby Smoked Fish Under Brexit
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Grimsby Evening Telegraph] - September 15, 2017
EUROPEAN producers would have just as much to lose as Grimsby’s traditional fish smokehouses if protected food names were not upheld after Brexit, says the industry’s spokesman.
Grimsby’s smokehouses have been curing haddock for more than a century in the town and its method is specially protected – both by the UK Government and the European Union – to prevent others from creating cheap imitations.
MPs warned this week that the protected geographical indication (PGI), bestowed upon traditional Grimsby smoked fish by the European Commission in 2009, could be at ...
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