#52026XC03003EU approval notice for changes to the PDO specification of Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì cheese
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The notice confirms standard changes to the protected designation of origin specification for the Italian cheese “Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì.” The changes adjust product description details, update place names after local municipal mergers, and revise wording around origin checks and production methods. The practical impact is limited. Dairies, ripeners, producers, and control bodies involved with this PDO cheese should check the updated specification, especially the rules on cheese dimensions, milk collection, feed restrictions, and documentation of origin.
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Key Changes
- Slightly lowers the minimum heel height in the product description
- Updates the production-area wording to reflect municipal mergers without changing the actual area
- Revises production and origin-control wording, including references to dairies, ripeners, feed rules, and milk collection
Obligations
What this law requires
Dairies producing PDO “Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì” must apply the amended product description, including the revised lower limit for the cheese heel height.
Operators using the PDO “Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì” must ensure production remains within the demarcated geographical area as updated to reflect municipal mergers and revised administrative place names.
Dairies and ripeners involved in PDO “Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì” must maintain proof-of-origin documentation under the amended specification, which expressly covers dairies and ripeners rather than generic producers or packagers.
PDO “Puzzone di Moena / Spretz Tzaorì” production operators must follow the amended method-of-production rules in Article 5 of the product specification, including the updated feed restrictions and milk collection requirements referenced in the amendment.