Tuesday, December 20, 2011

What's in a name - again.

I've commented before on what I see as the essential silliness of these EU rulings saying that a product can only be called by a certain geographical name if in fact it comes from that particular place - Melton Mowbray pork pie being a case in point.  But how about this - a recent ruling means that Stilton cheese can now only be called such if it is made in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire.  So??  Well the village of Stilton, where the cheese originated, is in Cambridgeshire, which means that cheese made in Stilton cannot be called Stilton!  How absurd - and just to compound the absurdity, you can have Stilton cheese made in Melton Mowbray, 'cause that's in Leicestershire!

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