In February 2020, I was delighted to launch the All Party Parliamentary Group on Geographically Protected Foods.
Under European Law, a number of the UK’s food and drinks products are granted Protected Geographical Status; to protect the reputation of regional products, promote traditional and agricultural activity and eliminate non-genuine products, which may mislead consumers or be of an inferior character.
This APPG’s focuses on promoting and protecting the British foods that have shaped and built our culture and communities, and in particular to ensure we have a simple, robust and inclusive mechanism to protect culturally and geographically significant British food as we leave the EU.
We are proudly the rural capital of food and home to three Geographically Protected Foods: Stilton Cheese, Rutland Bitter and the famous Melton Mowbray Pork Pie