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 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.
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...