The Consortium for Common Food Names is urging the European Union to deny a geographical indication (GI) proposal that would give Denmark exclusive use to the term “havarti.”
“We expect the European Commission to do the right thing, and respect the common name “havarti,” which is used around the world,” said Jaime Castaneda, consortium executive director. “As we have seen in other cases, there are ways to protect the names of geographical specialty foods and beverages without impeding the rights to use generic food names.”