How we're scammed into eating phony food

Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by mac01021 on Monday July 11, 2016 @04:42AM (#12069707)

But presumably there is more than one brand of Blue d'Avergne? I'm not suggesting one should be able to steal the trademarks of any of those brands.

And if someone from a different place makes a product that is compositionally identical then probably their ability to market it will depend on the customer's recognition that it is exactly the same thing.

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Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by jinglebells on Monday July 11, 2016 @05:50AM (#12069944)

You're confusing brand/trademark with origin labelling. A farmers market will inevitably have multiple cheeses created by different producers, all of which may be labelled "Blue d'Avergne".

Yeah, brands do happen, I bought a cheese labelled "Blue style cheese" the other day because it was cheaper and may have been made in Poland to the same process.

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Re:How we're scammed into eating phony food by barrkel on Monday July 11, 2016 @06:22AM (#12070061)

Blue d'Avergne is the brand. There may be more than one producer that follows the established rules for the brand.

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