Pending EU recognition of the Melton Mowbray pie as a protected
food has led to a relocation of a major UK manufacturing plant to
the designated region.
Northern Foods has vowed to take its battle over who can make
Melton Mowbray pork pies to a higher court, after being stymed by a
UK judge who ruled that an application by local producers for
protected status can proceed under EU...
The battle in the UK over where Melton Mowbray pork pies can be
made wrapped up yesterday after two days of arguments in a UK
court, with the judge hearing the case saying he would hand down
his decision at a later date.