> This kind of region-of-production-defines-the-allowed-name-of-identical-products idiocy is of course beyond stupid, but lets ignore that for now. This is not

> This kind of region-of-production-defines-the-allowed-name-of-identical-products idiocy is of course beyond stupid, but lets ignore that for now. This is not stupid at all. Apart from being an equivalent to a patent/license (if that justifies it in your point of view), the final outcome of traditional products can be affected very much by the local environment (breeds, feed, weather, water, even microbiota etc). You simply cannot make traditional Mozzarella di bufala campana or Pouligny-Saint-Pierre in Wisconsin. You can make something similar, sure, but never the traditional.