Highland sheep’s seat of honour in elite European club

LABELS, labels everywhere, but what do they actually mean?

Highland sheep’s seat of honour in elite European club
Thu, 01 Sep, 2011 - 01:00

Lovers of speciality European foods search out PGI or PDO labels.

They find about three out of four of these labels on more than 1,000 products from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and France.

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