Protected geographical food and drink names: applications, objections and decisions
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
A request to cancel the PGI 'Scottish Salmon' has been rejected. Details can be found in the decision notice linked under 'Unsuccessful cancellation requests'.
5 Argentinian traditional terms (TTs) have been approved for registration.
Added 8 products to the list of registrations under 'Decisions and how to appeal'. The registrations are: Bocadillo Veleño, Café de la Sierra Nevada, Café de Tolima, Cangrejo Negro de Providencia / Providence Black Crab, Dovey Native Botanical Gin, Pembrokeshire Native Oysters, Pembrokeshire Rock Oysters, and Welsh Heather Honey / Mel Grug Cymru.
The proposed registration for Wiltshire Cured Ham, Wiltshire Cured Bacon, Wiltshire Cured Gammon traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG) has been rejected. Details can be found in the decision notice linked under 'Unsuccessful applications'.
The proposed amendment to the product specification for Melton Mowbray Pork Pie protected geographical indication (PGI) has been rejected. Details can be found in the decision notice linked under 'Unsuccessful applications'.
Removed 'Gower Salt Marsh Lamb PDO' from Substantial change requests. Added a link to the Gower Salt Marsh Lamb PDO approval notice to Substantial changes.
Added Maní De Transkutukú, Pitahaya Amazonica De Palora, Lojano Café De Origen and Café de Galápagos to the list of registrations under Decisions and how to appeal.
Removed the link to the opportunity to object for Gower Salt Marsh Lamb. The period to object has now closed.
Removed 'Scottish Farmed Salmon' from Substantial change requests. Added a link to the Scottish Farmed Salmon approval notice to Substantial changes.
Added link to the opportunity to object notice for Gower Salt Marsh Lamb under 'Substantial change requests'
Added Scottish Farmed Salmon to list of substantial change requests.
Added Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and Gower Salt Marsh Lamb as substantial change requests.
Substantial changes section added under Decisions and how to appeal. Link to Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire Cheese approval notice added under Substantial changes.
Beacon Fell Traditional Lancashire Cheese PDO and Scottish Farmed Salmon PGI removed from 'Substantial change requests'. The opportunity to object period is closed.
Scottish Farmed Salmon PGI added to substantial change requests.
Added 'Beacon Fell Traditional Lancaster Cheese PDO' to Substantial change requests.
Added Single Malt Welsh Whisky/Wisgi Cymreig Brag Sengl to the list of registrations, with a registration date of 24 July 2023.
'Unsuccessful applications' section added under 'Decisions and how to appeal'. Link to Dundee cake product specification and decision notice added to 'Unsuccessful applications' section.
Added New Forest Pannage Ham to the list of Registrations, with a registration date of 16 February 2023.
Added Welsh Leeks to the list of Registrations, with a registration date of 1 December 2022.
Swaledale Cheese has been added to the 'Decisions and how to appeal' section following the decision to cancel its protected status.
Removed the 'Swaledale Cheese cancellation request: opportunity to object' notice from the cancellation requests section as the deadline to submit applications expired on 25 May 2022.
Added Sussex to product specification and decision notice under Decisions. Registration date is 5 July 2022.
Removed the opportunity to object notices for Wiltshire Cured Ham, Wiltshire Cured Bacon and Wiltshire Cured Gammon and Japanese GI product names proposed by Japan for protection in the UK, because the notice period to object has expired.
Added 'Swaledale Cheese cancellation request: opportunity to object' and 'Cancel a protected geographical product name' to the cancellation requests section. Added 'Object to an application to register, change or cancel a geographical food or drink name' to the application requests section.
Added the opportunity to object to 39 Japanese GI product names being considered for UK GI protection.
Added Dundee Cake opportunity to comment notice.
Added Wiltshire Cured Ham, Wiltshire Cured Bacon, Wiltshire Cured Gammon notice for consultation.
The application for Sussex wine is open for consultation.
Decision notices for Cambrian Mountains Lamb and Watercress added.
Parmo prepared meals and Single Malt Welsh Whisky have been added to the applications for a Geographical Indication.
Added the decision for Gower Salt Marsh Lamb to become a protected designation of origin.
The opportunity to object to 2 product name applications has opened: Cambrian Mountains Lamb and Watercress.
Added the latest product names applications.
First published.
Each geographical indication (GI) scheme will publish a list of geographical product names with applications to register for these UK schemes:
protected food, drink and agricultural product names
spirit drinks names
wine and aromatised wine names
traditional terms for wine products
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) publishes eligible product names.
You can object to a request to:
add a product name
make a substantial change to a product specification
cancel the registration of a product name
You can appeal against decisions.
Defra publishes a notice of its decision to a minor change to a product specification, but you cannot object to a minor change.
Application requests
We will publish eligible product names for consideration. You can object to the application.
Substantial changes to UK registered products are reconsidered for protected status. You can object to a substantial change request within 3 months of the date of publication.