Professional paper
Designation of origine and geographical indication of olives and olive oils in Croatia
Barbara Sladonja
Marina Radulović
Karolina Brkić
Marin Krapac
Elvino Šetić
Abstract
European and world market of foodstuffs is glutted with new products competing by quality and price. Non specific products are not able to deal with a sharp competition among similar products, and consumers are often uncertain about the quality of purchased goods. Therefore the EU created in 1992 three types of food quality system: PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) and TSG (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed). From 2005 Croatian producers have the same possibility of protecting their products as the EU producers, raising the competitiveness and identity of domestic production and products. The aim of the present paper was to clarify the possibilities for olive oil and table oil protection, as well as to give a contribution to faster integration of Croatia in to European and world olive products market by giving practical examples.
Keywords
olive oil; table olives,; protection; designation of origin; geographical indication
Hrčak ID:
4510
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2006.
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