Territorial Embeddedness and Geographical Origin Certifications in the European Union: The Case of a Romanian Cheese
Territorial Embeddedness and Geographical Origin Certifications in the European Union: The Case of a Romanian Cheese

Summary/Abstract: By analyzing the application file of Telemea de Ibãnesti cheese, registered by Romania under the Protected Designation of Origin (pdo) quality scheme of the eu, the paper seeks to capture how applicants incorporate territorial elements in the construction of geographical origin. According to the framework delineated by the pdo certifications, the product needs to document characteristics essentially or exclusively due to the geographical environment, including natural or human elements. The analysis attempts to capture how producers employ bioregional discourses, with the purpose of creating the territorial embeddedness of food products, by suggesting a symbiosis of nature, animals and human actors. It shows how the applicants’ argument privileges the product’s connection with the physical environment and insists on capturing a sense of a mineral and hydroogical territorial embeddedness that is transferred in the end product.

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