The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment reported on Wednesday that inspectors of agri-food quality and local products 1,495 bottles of wine were affected packed and fraudulently labeled as Mallorcan wine, when the wine comes Navarre. This intervention details the department which directs Jeanne Simonetwas possible thanks to a complaint from the wine sector.
The research revealed that A Calvià Distributor She marketed this wine as if it were Majorcan, with a commercial name and labeling that also evoke the Majorcan origin of the product. This offense constitutes unfair competition towards the island’s wine producers. The merchandise was sealed to prevent its marketingas explained by the ministry in a press release.
The Director General of Agri-Food Quality and Local Products, Joan Llabresensures that “the control of the use of geographical mentions protected by the different geographical indications and protected designations of origin of the Balearic Islands is a priority to the inspection service and whenever a complaint is received, action is taken promptly.
“These facts represent a blatant consumer fraud and unfair competition in front of distributors who act correctly,” he adds.
The General Directorate of Agri-Food Quality and Local Products recalls that the production and marketing of Majorcan wine is regulated and protected by a geographical indication (I saw Terra Majorca) and two protected designations of origin (Binissalem and Pla i Levante) and that the use of this name for the marketing of products not covered by these quality marks constitutes a serious infringement in agri-food matters.
