Washington – The entire Connecticut congressional delegation has asked U.S. trade officials to oppose a provision in a new trade pact that would bar state cheese producers from labeling their products “Asiago” or "Feta."
State dairy farmers and cheese producers are concerned a final Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, an agreement under discussion between the United States and European Union nations, would implement the EU’s requirement that food that does not come from a specific geographical area can’t be named after that area.
That means American cheese producers could not use the names “Feta” or “Asiago” or “Gorgonzola,” because their products are not produced in Greece or the Italian cities that gave their names to local cheeses.
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