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Sausages: Lincolnshire

Answer

The Government wants to encourage more applications under the EU's Protected Food Name scheme. However, in order to be registered under the scheme applications must meet the required criteria for registration.

Our recent decision to reject the application from the Lincolnshire Sausage Association (LSA) to protect the name, ‘Lincolnshire Sausage’ under the EU Protected Food Name scheme was made after careful consideration of all the evidence provided by the applicants and the objecting parties. The reasons for that decision were set out in some detail in the letter we sent to the LSA on 16 May. A copy of that letter can be found at the following link:

http://archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/food/industry/regional/foodname/products/documents/linconshire-sausage-letter20120516.pdf

That letter also makes provision for an appeal to be made to the decision. Any reconsideration of our decision would be dependent on new arguments and information being put forward. At the request of the LSA, we have agreed to extend the deadline for the submission of appeals from 31 May 2012 to 15 June 2012.

We remain open to looking at other options which would allow producers in Lincolnshire to highlight the traditional and local nature of their sausages.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

110088; 546 c335W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Lincolnshire Sausages

Link

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