Perspectives for the development of a system of protected designations of origin

On September 13 a conference entitled: "Perspectives for the development of a system of protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and guaranteed traditional specialties" will be held. The event will refer to the held on 11-14 September fair Tastes of Regions, during which, among others, agricultural products or food products with the registered name as a protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication or which are guaranteed traditional specialties will be presented.

The majority of the meeting will be devoted to the rules of the system of protecting the products with PDO, PGI or TSG with an emphasis on monitoring compliance of the production process with the specification. The course of this monitoring will be talked about from the perspective of both the inspectors of the provincial inspectorates JHARS and producers.  Both sides will present their current experience and will reveal whether the inclusion to the PDO, PGI or TSG system brings tangible benefits.

Conference is organized by the Chief Inspectorate of Commercial Quality of Agricultural and Food and the Poznan International Fair.

Conference programme

10.00-10.15 Opening of the conference (Stanisław Kowalczyk, Chief Inspector of JHARS and a representative of Poznan International Fair).

10.15-10.45 The importance and principles of operation of the system of protected geographical indications and designations - the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

10.45-11.15 The role of the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection in the system of protection of regional and traditional products - the representative of GIJHARS

11.15-11.30 coffee break

11.30-12.00 The control of the compliance of processing with the specification of the guarantee of quality for products with ChNP, ChOG or GTS - the representative of WIJHARS (Mirosława Mruk)

12.00-12.30 Registration of the product name in the traditional regional or EU system as a form of product promotion - the representative of the producers group for example of Greater fried cheese (Elżbieta Zawadzka, CEO of OSM Top Tomyśl)

12.30- 13.00 Discussion