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The U.S. Dairy Export Council, an active member of the international Consortium for Common Food Names, in February briefed U.S. and EU negotiators in Brussels on deep-set concerns with the EU’s current approach to protections for geographical indications (GIs).

CCFN and the other signatories asserted that the issues pertaining to the use of common names, legitimate geographical indications and traditional terms must be dealt with in an entirely separate undertaking in order to ensure that a mutually agreeable outcome is found on those contentious topics.