UK food products gain protected status in Japan

A host of UK food and drink products have gained protected status in Japan. Businesses have welcomed the news that 37 Geographical Indications (GIs) for UK food and drink will formally gain protection as of today. 

This means that products such as Scotch Beef, Cornish Pasties, Melton Mowbray Pork Pies and Arbroath Smokies will have robust protection against imitation. 

This comes off the back of The UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed in 2021.