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The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of Pork Pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England , UK . The association was set up with the purported aim of helping to protect the Melton Mowbray pork pie recipe which it perceives as being unique to the Melton Mowbray area. In 1999 the association, a group of seven local manufacturers, applied to the E.U to have their products categorised as protected. Northern Foods , a large food corporation recently tried to prevent the EU Protected Designation Of Origin controls over the usage of "Melton Mowbray" on the wrappings of its own pork pies. The MMPPO's Protected Geographical Indication Application is being made through DEFRA . The name Melton Mowbray would only be applied to pork pies made within a 1,800 sq miles (2,880 sq km) zone around the town and with only uncured pork-filled pies given the Melton Mowbray name. This move against the new requirements was dismissed by the High Court . Northern Foods views the situation as unfair and state in press releases that the MMPPA's dominant member {Link without Title} . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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