Prawne aspekty autentyczności produktów mleczarskich na przykładzie masła i serów
LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS AS EXEMPLIFIED BY BUTTER AND CHEESE

Summary/Abstract: The authenticity of food products is one of the criteria settling the consumers’ decision on the purchase of given goods. Herebythis article the authors focus on authenticity issues of butter and cheese. Matters of counterfeiting and methods of detecting such falsifications are brought up. The subject of additional substances permitted in the production of butter and cheese has been broadly discussed. The authors pay special attention to the issues of modern methods for the production of butter, having been in use for years in western European countries, which has run into resistance from supervising units. The problem of authenticity of butter and cheese has also been discussed in the context of products marked as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranted (TSG). The authors present possible offences against products subject to protection and legal regulations in the scope of the protection of traditional and regional products.

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