STORNOWAY BLACK PUDDING CAMPAIGN GOES TO BRUSSELS
20 January 2009
Campaigners who want to safeguard the name of the Stornoway Black Pudding have taken their fight to Brussels.
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, and Stornoway butcher Iain MacLeod are meeting today with the EU Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss geographical protection for the product.
Ms Grant said:
"This campaign has already attracted enormous interest with over 1,500 signatures being collected.
"There are four butchers in Stornoway who produce the black pudding, which is acknowledged as a quality product to such an extent that it is copied by butchers on the mainland and is referred to as 'Stornoway style' black pudding.
"The benefits of geographical protection are that the pudding can't be copied and the brand's profile will be ensured and protected.
" It will also give the butchers concerned the opportunity to raise their profile and hopefully expand into new markets."
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