After weeks of debate EU members have finally agreed to a list of products which they would like to see protected by World trade rules.
The EU is trying to insure that the 41 products, whose names were released by the European Commission today (28 August), can only be made in certain regional areas, meaning similar products made elsewhere would be prohibited from using the name.
Among those names to be protected are some of the world's most famous foods including Champagne, Parma ...
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