Read the label !

Remember all the fuss about Cornish pasties and Melton Mobray pork pies, not to mention Stilton cheese that can't be made in Stilton?  It seems that all this nonsense may be consigned to the dustbin of history (and good riddance says I) as a result of a trade agreement being negotiated between the EU and the USA.  The suggestion is that the EU regulations which protect the names of certain brands would have no legal force in the US and that therefore there would be nothing to stop a firm in California, say, producing and marketing "Cumberland sausage", "Parma ham" and the like. Mind you, provided it is clearly marked with its place of origin, I see no problem with that.