Europe wants to monopolize certain terms to unfairly stifle competition.
Common food and wine terms – like asiago, bologna or chateau – are used on thousands of products around the world to accurately guide consumers to foods they know and love.
This Makes Sense:
Parmigiano Reggiano must come from Italy’s Parma region.
This Doesn't Make Sense:
All parmesan cheese must come from Italy.
Understanding Geographical Indications Rules
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The EU is aggressively working to restrict your ability to use common food names.
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From CCFN Executive Director Jaime Castaneda: “U.S. farmers, ranchers and food manufacturers face an ever-increasing threat to their right to use common food and beverage terms like ‘parmesan,’ ‘bologna’ and ‘chateau’ in export markets. The Senate Farm Bill proposal released today includes a bipartisan provision to counter the European Union’s abuse of geographical indications to […]
ARLINGTON, VA – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) welcomed today’s release of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) 2026 Special 301 Report, which details the significant progress made over the past year in securing commitments from U.S. trade partners to protect the free […]
ARLINGTON, VA – The Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a Farm Bill that includes the Safeguarding American Food and Export Trade Yields (SAFETY) Act, a landmark measure to defend American producers’ right to use common food names in global markets. The bipartisan SAFETY Act would […]