said on Friday it had initiated the process whereby Irish grass-fed beef would be given protected geographical indication status, while Achill Island Sea Salt is proposed for protected designation of origin status.
Geographical indications such as those under the PGI and PDO schemes are a type of intellectual property right, protecting food product names which are linked to a particular territory or to a production method. The EU schemes are beneficial to producers as they allow for identification and protection of names of specific agricultural products which have particular value-adding characteristics linked to their place of origin.
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