ARCHIVE: EU Protected Food Names products and applications

Full details of the application process to register a protected food name project are detailed on the application procedures and objection to applications pages of this site.

Key stages and products currently under review:

Product applications currently undergoing initial assessment

Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG)

Product

PDO / PGI / TSG

Contact

Category

Bakewell Pudding

PGI

ADAS

Bread, pastry, cakes, confectionery, biscuits and other bakers wares

British Free Range Goose

TSG

ADAS

Meat

Cardigan Bay Prawns

PGI

ADAS

Fresh Fish, Molluscs and Crustaceans

Cask Conditioned Ale

TSG

ADAS

Beer

Colchester Oysters

PGI

Defra

Fresh Fish, Molluscs and Crustaceans

Craster Kipper

PGI

ADAS

Fresh Fish, molluscs and crustaceans

East Kent Goldings

PGI

ADAS

Other Annex I products

Fenland Celery

PGI

ADAS

Fruit and vegetable

Guernsey butter

PDO

ADAS

Milk and dairy

Irish Farmed Salmon

PGI

DARDNI

Fresh Fish, Molluscs and Crustaceans

Jersey Black Butter

PGI

ADAS

Fruit, vegetables and cereals fresh or processed

Lakeland Herdwick Lamb

PDO

ADAS

Fresh meat and offal

Leicestershire Red

PGI

ADAS

Cheese

Traditional Ayrshire Dunlop Cheese

PGI

SEERAD

Cheese

Wiltshire Cured Bacon

TSG

ADAS

Meat products

Welsh Cider

PDO

ADAS

Beverages from Plant extracts

Welsh Perry

PDO

ADAS

Beverages from Plant extracts

Yorkshire Beer

PGI

ADAS

Beer

Orkney Island Cheddar

PGI

SEERAD

Cheese

Sussex Fowl

PDO

ADAS

Meat Products

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Product applications currently subject to the initial national objection procedure

Once an application has been completed and submitted to the relevant department, it is necessary to consult interested parties within the UK providing them with an opportunity to comment or object to the application.

Products currently subject to the national objection procedure are:

Product

PDO / PGI / TSG

Posted

Contact

Deadline for comments and objections

Lincolnshire Pork Sausage (PDF 43 KB)

PGI

26 January 2009

Defra

20 April 2009

Cornish Butter (PDF 49 KB)

PDO

26 January 2009

Defra

20 April 2009

Melton Mowbray Pork Pies (amendment) (PDF 75 KB)

PGI

16 March 2010

ADAS

8 June 2010

Staffordshire Cheese (amendment) (PDF 50 KB)

PDO

16 March 2010

ADAS

8 June 2010

Stornoway Black Pudding
(Consultation) (PDF 160 KB)

PGI

9 December 2010

SEERAD

4 March 2011

Newmarket Sausage (PDF 90 KB)

(Consultation) (PDF 60 KB)

PGI

3 February 2011

ADAS

28 April 2011

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Products subject to final UK national consultation

Having completed the earlier national consultation a decision has been made on the following applications. Any comments on this decision should be sent within 14 working days:

Product

PDO / PGI

Posted

Contact

Deadline for comments and objections

Decision

Fal Oysters (PDF 29 KB)

PDO

23 April 2009

DEFRA

14 May 2009

Accept

Scottish Wild Salmon

Decision letter (PDF 110 KB)

PGI

8 February 2011

DEFRA

28 February 2011

Accept

 

Notification of submissions to the European Commission

The Commission have 12 months to examine the following applications:

Product

PDO / PGI / TSG

Posted

Traditional Fine - Grained Red Poll Beef

TSG

26 April 2001

Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese (PDF 50 KB)

PDO

4 October 2007

West Country Lamb (PDF 150 KB)

PGI

20 December 2007

West Country Beef (PDF 150 KB)

PGI

20 December 2007

Traditional Bramley Apple Pie Filling (PDF 32 KB)

TSG

Sent to Commission - 06/11/08

Native Shetland Wool (PDF 50 KB)

PDO

15 January 2009

Armagh Bramley Apples (PDF 50 KB)

PGI

23 April 2009

Traditional Pasture Reared Beef

TSG

9 February 2010

Lough Neagh Eels

PGI

9 February 2010

New Season Comber Potatoes/Comber Earlies

PGI

10 June 2010

Watercress (PDF 40 KB)

TSG

6 December 2010

Traditional Farmfresh Turkey (amendments) (PDF 110 KB)

TSG

9 December 2010

Isle of Man Queenies (PDF 110 KB)

PDO

4 February 2011

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Product applications which have cleared European Commission examination

If the Commission is satisfied that an application meets the criteria for registration then details are published in the Official Journal of the European Communities to enable interested parties from outside the UK to comment on or object to that application.  A period of six months is allowed for this process.

Product

PDO / PGI / TSG

Official Journal (OJ) Reference number and date of application

Cornish Pasty

PGI

14 July 2010 C190

Traditional Cumberland Sausage

PGI

31 July 2010 C208

Registered products

Page last modified: 15 February 2011
Page published: 21 July 2009