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Originally Posted by LewisM
Nope, not illegal under the PGI (Protected Geographical Indicator) in Australia at least: a clarification of the Protected Geographical Status ruling has confirmed that pasties made in Australia are still allowed to be called "Cornish Pasties" (wiki).
We are special though  , since the European Commission ruling, imposed 2011, means that only pasties cooked in Cornwall according to the traditional recipe can be called Cornish pasties. |
It is illegal to call a Cornish pasty NOT not made in cornwall, as it is to say a "Melton Mowbray" pork pie is MM but not made IN MM, I am talking UK not other countries
The traditional Cornish pasty, which since 2011 has Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in Europe,[2] is filled with beef, sliced or diced potato,