Mi e' parso che Kyle Phillips abbia scritto:

> Danish "Fontina," if it's made in Denmark and not by some
> Dane in Podunk, is illegal.

Our DOP system is worth only in European Union. So in the USA or
in AUS you can find also copies. It happens for many foods, for
example in canada "parma ham" is a trademark of a canadian, who
sells canadian ham.

> Fontina, like a great many
> other European foodstuffs, is DOP (Denominazione di
> origine protetta -- don't know the English equivalent),
> which roughly translates as Denomination of Certified
> Origin

Perfect translation

> , in other words, only the people in the
> traditional production area who follow the traditional
> production techniques can use it. If you're a cheesemaker
> in neighboring Piemonte you can't make Fontina (not that
> you'd want to, considering the richness and variety of
> Piemonte's cheeses) and you certainly can't make it in
> Denmark.

Probably this "danish fontina" is all exported out of the EU.

> Smithfield means ham in the US, much the way Parma
> means Prosciutto or Parmigiano for lots of people
> worldwide.

I quote.
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Vilco
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