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The author recommends a few labels from food-certifying organizations, but can't food sellers or manufacturers just slap a logo on there too? Or do these food-c
by baddox 10y ago
The author recommends a few labels from food-certifying organizations, but can't food sellers or manufacturers just slap a logo on there too? Or do these food-certifying organizations' aggressively litigate for misuse of their labels?
- manmal 10y agoAt least in Austria, it is like you say - nobody would dare doing this, as this would make them liable. For no really good reason at all, because people probanly cannot distinguish a trusted certificate from a made-up one anyway.
- dgacmu 10y agoThey do - quite aggressively. It lets the localized producers sell at quite a markup, and a lot of the GI/DOC designations are protected at the level of international treaties. http://www.gourmetretailer.com/top-story-profiles___trends-parmigiano_reggiano_consorzio_and_rienzi_and_sons_settle_lawsuit-3991.html http://www.gourmetretailer.com/top-story-profiles___trends-p... WIPO and WTO handle a lot of them: http://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/ http://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/ They seem to be more effective because there's a very direct cost/benefit to the GI-protected producers when people infringe. IANAL, but I suspect that because it's a WIPO/WTO treaty issue, it's also probably easier to prosecute than a very generic claim that someone is mislabeling "white tuna", again because the incentives are aligned for producer to show that they're being damaged by the forgery.