What is the protected designation of origin?
The protected designation of origin (PDO) is part of a protected system of geographical state in the European Union (EU). This framework is designed to protect the integrity of European food and drink by a careful legal regulation to label certain European products. When something gets a protected designation of origin, it means that only items made in a particular area that can specially this label on the European market. For example, champagne has a PDO label, which means that only sparkling wines produced in a specific style in the French champagne region can be marked as "champagne". These labels are used somewhat differently from protected designations of origin, but all are designed to protect foods that are unique to specific areas of Europe, especially rural areas.
The idea of a protected designation of origin is that Europe has many very unique regional food traditions. The European Union may ensure that the European Union is preserved traditionalMethods of food production. The government may also encourage people to remain settled in rural areas by providing economic motivation to produce traditional foods, and can increase consumers' trust by confirming that foods with the PDO brand are produced to the basic standard.
France, Italy and Spain have its own version of the PDO system and many foods that carry the diominazione di Origine Controltata or denominacion de Orien also the designation of origin. PDO labels determine that food must be produced exclusively in a specific area and in a special way. For example, a Mightbed cheese label suggests that cheese must be made at a specific location from unpasteurized milk produced by a specific cattle breed and that it must be cured in forms of a certain size and shape.
The European Union has promoted other countries to respect theirProtected designation of origin, sometimes built recognition of PDO labeling into contracts and business agreements. But not all nations do. For example, in the United States, the names of many foods are used as a protected designation of origin in Europe as in the case of Parmesan. American companies fought against the recognition of the designation PDO, banking to recognize consumers of well -known foods. Surprisingly, the United States has issued geographical protection of a number of regional American foods, so that the US government clearly recognizes the need to protect regional specialties.