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EU seas fit to grant sea salt protected origin status

Oriel sea salt refers to salt harvested from the bay of Port Oriel, County Louth, Ireland. It is described as a fine-grain sea salt that is additive free.

According to the application submitted to the European Parliament, the salt’s grain allows it to penetrate food more rapidly as it dissolves, resulting in a resistance-free dissipation and dispersion in food.

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Food labelling Services comments:

Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promote and protect names of quality agricultural products and foodstuffs. They are based on the legal framework provided by the EU Regulation No 1151/2012. This regulation ensures that only products genuinely originating in that region are allowed to be identified as such in commerce.  The purpose of the law is to protect the reputation of the regional foods, promote rural and agricultural activity, help producers obtain a premium price for their authentic products, and eliminate the unfair competition and misleading of consumers by non-genuine products, which may be of inferior quality or of different flavour. There are strict controls on the logos that can be used.