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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on issuing a Protected Geographical Indication for the Colchester Oyster; and if he will make a statement.
[164037]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on issuing a Protected Geographical Indication for the Colchester Oyster; and if he will make a statement.
[164037]
The application to register the Colchester Native Oyster as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) was received in 2005. It was then the subject of a consultation in order to allow interested parties the opportunity to object to the application. A number of objections were received during the consultation process.
Since then, officials have met with representatives of the applicant group to discuss the objections and outstanding points relating to the product specification for the application. Following on from this further information relating to the geographical area and other aspects of the application was sought from the applicant
group which, despite reminders from officials, was not forthcoming. As a result, no further progress has been made with this application.
The PGI scheme is a voluntary one and so it is for the producers to decide whether they wish to pursue the application. Should they wish to do this then officials would be happy to meet with them to discuss the outstanding points which need to be resolved. This should then enable the application to be completed and a decision to be taken on its eligibility.