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| Stornoway black pudding given protected status | Stornoway black pudding given protected status |
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| Stornoway's famous black pudding has been granted protected status - putting it alongside the likes of champagne and the Cornish pasty. | |
| The European Commission has awarded the pudding Protected Geographical Indication. | The European Commission has awarded the pudding Protected Geographical Indication. |
| The status means it can only be described as Stornoway back pudding if it is produced in the town or parish of Stornoway on Lewis. | |
| It follows a campaign by four island butchers and Rhoda Grant MSP. | It follows a campaign by four island butchers and Rhoda Grant MSP. |
| They were concerned at the international use of Stornoway or Stornoway style on menus to describe inferior puddings. |