Congress members urge the Obama administration to address EU export barriers based on common food names.
The European Union’s plan to prevent U.S. companies from using terms like «parmesan» and «feta» to describe cheese variations are hampering the U.S. dairy industry and should be addressed by the Obama administration during transatlantic trade talks, a group of 177 Congress members said Thursday.
Led by Reps. Reid Ribble and Peter Welch, the Congress members outlined their requests – including a complaint about dairy tariffs – in a letter sent to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week.
At issue are EU efforts to restrict the use of many common food names – such as parmesan and potentially havarti – using geographical indication regulations.
Source: Farm Futures
