Guidance

Protected food name: watercress

An application for watercress to get TSG status.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 5 March 2015
• Last updated: 8 March 2017 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 8 January 2021

No longer being considered by the EU GI scheme until registered under the UK GI scheme. (Post-Brexit agreement).

Documents

Protected food names: watercress

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Details

This document provides detail on a food product from the UK, watercress, which is being considered under the EU protected food names scheme.

We have applied to the EU to get Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) status for this product. We submitted the application on 22 July 2015.

The EU protected food name scheme highlights regional and traditional foods whose authenticity and origin can be guaranteed.

Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) relates to products which are traditional or have customary names and have a set of features which distinguish them from other similar products. These features must not be due to the geographical area the product is produced in nor entirely based on technical advances in the method of production.

Published 5 March 2015

Last updated 8 March 2017 + show all updates

1. 8 March 2017

   Added the latest specification document.

2. 5 March 2015

   First published.