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Old 19-01-2005, 06:32 PM
Sacha
 
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On 19/1/05 16:37, in article ,
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:07:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

And only Jersey Royals are Jersey Royals. "The Jersey Royal is the only
British fresh produce which enjoys EU protection of designation of origin in
much the same way that France was granted sole use of the word ¨«champagne
©ö."


Far more UK fresh produce is protected, Jersey Royals are the only
protected vegetable
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/foodname/uk.htm

It's interesting, then that the sites I looked at were most specific in the
terms 'only fresh food'. I'm assuming that by this they do not mean cheese
which is a processed food.
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