12 September 2013
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Application for Dundee Cake to be given European protection
The Scottish Government has announced that an application is being lodged to give Dundee Cake European protection, which would grant it the same status as Scotch Beef and Stornoway Black Pudding. ...
The Scottish Government has announced that an application is being lodged to give Dundee Cake European protection, which would grant it the same status as Scotch Beef and Stornoway Black Pudding.
The announcement was made ahead of Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight and came on the day that a Bank of Scotland report stated that 5,600 extra jobs could be created in Scotland's food and drink industries by 2018.
The Scottish Government and Scotland’s Rural College have been working with producers and experts from the University of Abertay Dundee on an application for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for the cake under the EU’s Protected Food Name (PFN) scheme.
The application will now be subject to a national consultation in line with the rules of the PFN scheme, which was introduced in 1994 to protect food names on the basis of geographical or traditional recipes.
DUNDEE CAKE
Dundee Cake was developed in Dundee in the late eighteenth century and is famous for its distinctive top which is traditionally decorated with whole, blanched almonds. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochead spoke about the cake's origins as the protected status application was announced: 'Dundee is famous as a city of discoveries and we want the world to discover delicious, authentic Dundee Cake.
'We can trace its origins back hundreds of years to the kitchens of the marmalade inventor Janet Keiller, making it a thoroughly Dundonian delicacy which deserves European recognition for its unique characteristics and long association with this city.
'Achieving PGI status for Dundee Cake will ensure that consumers at home and abroad have a one hundred percent guarantee of the product’s authenticity.
'We already have Scottish foods, such as Stornoway Black Pudding and Scotch Beef, which are PGI protected and free from imitation. It guarantees the food’s provenance and supports local producers.
'The PFN scheme can benefit producers of brands synonymous with Scotland by providing them with recognition of their product and safeguarding it from imitation, and I would encourage them to look at taking this forward.'
Dundee baker Martin Goodfellow, of Goodfellow and Steven, added:
'Although the Dundee Cake is a product that is known all over the world, it does not currently enjoy geographical protection and is produced in a number of locations to various quality levels. It is a significant part of our heritage and it is important that the cake is rightfully associated with the city in which it originated and its quality levels maintained.'
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The announcement was made ahead of Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight and came on the day that a Bank of Scotland report stated that 5,600 extra jobs could be created in Scotland's food and drink industries by 2018.
The Scottish Government and Scotland’s Rural College have been working with producers and experts from the University of Abertay Dundee on an application for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for the cake under the EU’s Protected Food Name (PFN) scheme.
The application will now be subject to a national consultation in line with the rules of the PFN scheme, which was introduced in 1994 to protect food names on the basis of geographical or traditional recipes.
DUNDEE CAKE
Dundee Cake was developed in Dundee in the late eighteenth century and is famous for its distinctive top which is traditionally decorated with whole, blanched almonds. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochead spoke about the cake's origins as the protected status application was announced: 'Dundee is famous as a city of discoveries and we want the world to discover delicious, authentic Dundee Cake.
'We can trace its origins back hundreds of years to the kitchens of the marmalade inventor Janet Keiller, making it a thoroughly Dundonian delicacy which deserves European recognition for its unique characteristics and long association with this city.
Scotland is world-famous for our wonderful food and drink, and people want to know they are buying the real deal.
'Achieving PGI status for Dundee Cake will ensure that consumers at home and abroad have a one hundred percent guarantee of the product’s authenticity.
'We already have Scottish foods, such as Stornoway Black Pudding and Scotch Beef, which are PGI protected and free from imitation. It guarantees the food’s provenance and supports local producers.
'The PFN scheme can benefit producers of brands synonymous with Scotland by providing them with recognition of their product and safeguarding it from imitation, and I would encourage them to look at taking this forward.'
Dundee baker Martin Goodfellow, of Goodfellow and Steven, added:
'Although the Dundee Cake is a product that is known all over the world, it does not currently enjoy geographical protection and is produced in a number of locations to various quality levels. It is a significant part of our heritage and it is important that the cake is rightfully associated with the city in which it originated and its quality levels maintained.'
Keep up to date with the latest history news, discoveries and research in every issue of History Scotland and Scottish Memories magazines, available in print and digital versions.
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