After a ten-year struggle, Melton Mowbray pork pies have secured Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status to become the first cooked recipe-based product in the UK to receive the protection.
Northern Foods has been given five years to switch the
manufacturing of its Melton Mowbray pork pie brand to the East
Midlands, a region traditionally associated with the British
pastie.
Northern Foods yesterday said it has filed an appeal in the UK's
High Court against a decision that could cut the company out of the
lucrative market for Melton Mowbray pork pies.
