At present, the Jersey Royal potato is one of 76 British food names which, because of their premier qualities and significance to a nation’s culture, are protected by law through an EU food scheme.
Other such foods include champagne, Parma ham, Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, Armagnac, Anglesey sea salt, the Cornish pasty and Camembert cheese.
As part of the UK’s Brexit plans, Genuine Jersey chief executive John Garton was one of 26 representatives of British food regions in discussions at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food yesterday. They were joined for part of the day-long talks by the UK government minister with responsibility for food, George Eustice.
British food and drink producers contribute £900 million to the UK economy every year. Under the European protected food scheme, designated food or drinks are given legal protection, because of their unique and traditional national status, against imitation throughout the member states.
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