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There is an infamous example in the EU with "Parmaham". Take pigs from the Netherlands, put them in a truck and drive to Italy. Presto Italian ham.

• riffraff 5y ago
  Are you sure? As far as I remember Prosciutto di Parma has a proper disciplinary, the pigs must be bred in Italy, and not even all of it.
  • armitron 5y ago
    Prosciutto di Parma is very specific and not parmaham, which is a generic designation applied to all sorts of crappy ham and meant to trick those that don't know better.
    • riffraff 5y ago
      oh I see, I am surprised this is even allowed under EU regulation.
      • lupire 5y ago
        You think EU would ban selling a different product under a different name from the protected name?
        • riffraff 5y ago
          yes, if the product can be confused and the name is close enough. For example, you can no longer sell german cheese called "Parmesan", because it can be confused with Parmigiano. Likewise, the italian wine called Tocai is no longer produced under this name, because it could be confused with the hungarian Tokaji, even tho they're quite different. It is literally to fight the issue raised by OP. If the product is very different than yeah, it would make no sense, but I do not know what dutch Parmaham is supposed to be. If it's not trying to bank on the notoriety of Prosciutto di Parma, I do not understand why it's not called Amsterdham, which would be a really cool name.