UK: Scottish salmon secures protected status

Scottish salmon secures protected status in recognition of world-beating quality Scottish salmon has secured protected legal status to boost consumer confidence in recognition of its world-beating quality. Farm-raised salmon from Scotland will now have greater post-Brexit protection to prevent the risk of food fraud through imports of inferior salmon products with lower environmental and food safety standards which could misleadingly be sold as ‘Scottish salmon’. The labelling decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) means that the term ‘Scottish salmon’ will have a new ‘protected geographical indication’ (PGI) by the end of April. The strict geographical designation will be ‘the coastal region of mainland Scotland, Western Isles, Orkney, and Shetland Isles’.The update replaces a previous PGI of ‘Scottish farmed salmon’ given that wild Scottish salmon is no longer available for sale in supermarkets following decades of exploitation, habitat loss, ...