Europe wants to monopolize certain terms to unfairly stifle competition.
Common food and wine terms – like asiago, bologna or chateau – are used on thousands of products around the world to accurately guide consumers to foods they know and love.
This Makes Sense:
Parmigiano Reggiano must come from Italy’s Parma region.
This Doesn't Make Sense:
All parmesan cheese must come from Italy.
Understanding Geographical Indications Rules
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The EU is aggressively working to restrict your ability to use common food names.
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From CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda: “For decades, the European Union has tried to monopolize common food names like ‘parmesan,’ ‘bologna,’ ‘chateau,’ turning generic terms into exclusive EU property and locking American producers out of markets they helped build. As the Administration has illustrated in multiple Agreement on Reciprocal Trade texts by now, the United […]
From CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda: “U.S. farmers, ranchers and food manufacturers face an ever-increasing threat to their right to use common food and beverage terms like ‘parmesan,’ ‘bologna’ and ‘chateau’ in export markets. The Senate Farm Bill proposal released today includes a bipartisan provision to counter the European Union’s abuse of geographical indications to […]
ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) welcomed today’s release of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) 2026 Special 301 Report, which details the significant progress made over the past year in securing commitments from U.S. trade partners to protect the free […]