2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The meat from the Eastern Balkan pig, the Kurt pink tomato and the gate will be the three products that will fight for entry in the European Register of Protected Products.
The news was announced by MEP Momchil Nekov, who said that a total of 30 products were included in the Let's Protect Bulgarian Taste campaign.
The aim of the campaign is to make it easier for domestic producers, and in addition to the inscription with the label Protected Geographical Indication, they will be able to benefit from European funding, as well as better promotion of their goods.
Gorno Oryahov sudzuk and Bulgarian rose oil are already protected on this principle. The protection will also protect them from unfair competition, as customers will be attracted by good names and guaranteed qualities.
Nekov also clarified that in order to apply for entry in the Register, the products must be related to a certain geographical region such as the Kurt pink tomato, the Kurt gate, the reindeer ham, the Smilyan beans, the green cheese.
I strongly believe that with the expansion of the production of such products in Bulgaria at first no export will be necessary, because only in Bulgaria the interest in them will be very high, he said at an official press conference.
Photo: Dobrinka Petkova
Radostina Doneva, Chair of the ADR, presented the product, a candidate for protection - fresh meat from the Eastern Balkan pig, which was the only preserved authentic Bulgarian breed bred in the Eastern Stara Planina, Strandzha and Sakar.
Its meat had specific characteristics and very valuable biochemical indicators, as the animals feed on forest vegetation and grain.
The Smyadovo sausage was most likely made from just such meat, but in the 1990s its production was closed.
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