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Kinda unrelated, but I recently found out Lidl's Irish Butter is made in Germany. Thought this would fall under EU Place of Origin Denomination Rules and thus n
by 226_ebro_treaty 3y ago
Kinda unrelated, but I recently found out Lidl's Irish Butter is made in Germany. Thought this would fall under EU Place of Origin Denomination Rules and thus not allowed.
- darreninthenet 3y agoI don't think "Irish Butter" is protected under those rules like say "champagne" is The country of origin regulations would apply though - does it say very openly "made in Germany" on the packet? If not then it would likely fall foul of those rules.
- 226_ebro_treaty 3y ago>does it say very openly "made in Germany" on the packet? If not then it would likely fall foul of those rules. No it doesn't. That's why I was disappointed when I found out!
- arlort 3y agoIf it's not a protected origin thing and it doesn't say "made in Ireland" it probably won't
- darreninthenet 3y agoEU regulations require any product where the consumer might be led to belive the country of origin is one place but is actually another, must be labelled. Something called "Irish Butter" would have to be labeled as coming from elsewhere if it wasn't Ireland in order to comply.