Pasties, cheddar and pork pies

[Louisa]

You guessed it, something else I had not thought about. Will the protected statuses of certain regional foods and drinks continue to be proptected under EU rules or will they be torn up, allowing other countries to produce similar items cheaper under the same name?

Louisa.

[JoeLeg]

That's international. I very much doubt the various AOC/DOP etc agreements would be affected. Although the vast majority are based in Europe, for example Kobe beef has to come from the Kobe region of Japan; anything else is simply Wagyu.

There's similar examples from America.

So no, I doubt it.

Fishing quotas on the other hand...very different battleground. The entire fishing industry is pro-Brexit (and for once I understand why), and that would be one heck of a fight.

[Seabag]

Well I imagine Parmesan cheese will always be just that, as it's within the EU

But the rest will be a free for all most likely

I do wonder what many of the 'out vote' really considered when voting (this isn't a dig at you Lou btw)

[Loz]

They are only international on the basis of trade agreements. Australia used the word 'champagne' quite readily until the EU trade agreement meant they would stop.

So, initially at least, the protected status of those products will cease until new trade agreements are in place.

[Blah Blah]

This is where we get into the deatails of unpicking 40 years of protections and trade. The whole thing is extremely complex. A full brexit (if it happens) will lock up government and Whitehall for years. There will be no time or room for anything else.

[uncleglen]

pathetic

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/16/chocolate.war/

[Loz]

Plunging this country into ruin because of a chocolate-related legal case 13 years ago - which the UK won - seems a bit reactionary, no?

[DaveR]

The (boring but accurate) answer to the question is that EU rules allow applications for protected designation of origin from non EU countries so neither current nor future UK designations will necessarily be affected. EU law obviously doesn't (and never did) affect practices in non-EU countries.