>I'm always intrigued by these associations and legal categories that nail down specific characteristics for certain foods >A lot of them require stuff to be m

>I'm always intrigued by these associations and legal categories that nail down specific characteristics for certain foods >A lot of them require stuff to be made in a specific All these organizations are basically just lobbying/PR groups trying to ensure some amount of baseline "make work" for their members. They engage in certification and quality control (not that those aren't valid activities) as a means to that end. Their odd requirements like "made in X" and "consumed in Y" make sense in this context since they're basically political requirements to curry favor from various groups. It mostly works. Neapolitan Pizza tastes the same everywhere and engineered structures mostly don't fall down but given the change these organizations try their hardest to capture markets and stamp out lower end competing offerings which is bad.