But the thing is, what if you produce a Big Mac with the exact same ingredients and recipe at O'Donnels burger joint? The customer gets the exact same thing, on

But the thing is, what if you produce a Big Mac with the exact same ingredients and recipe at O'Donnels burger joint? The customer gets the exact same thing, only made somewhere else. Still that's OK, I slap "Made in America" and a US flag on some plastic bald eagle I make in China and I'm sure nobody has a problem with it. PGIs, like trademarks and "Made in USA" protections are good for the consumer. It empowers them. Nobody is stopping you buying cheese made in the greek style way, or stopping you putting cheese and some lettuce and a couple of burgers in a bun. They're stopping someone from passing off what they made as something else.