COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 510/2006 ‘LAPIN PORON LIHA’

• Main Author: European Union, EU
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: European Union 2009
• Subjects: Indigenous Peoples; Law and Policy; Parma; reindeer husbandry; Lapland
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/529/; http://library.arcticportal.org/529/1/LexUriServ.pdf

Reindeer meat from Finnish Lapland is now recognized in the EU as a product with a high level of quality and as a traditional product. This means that reindeer meat from Lapland in Finland was added to the regulation of Parma ham and other similar products, among which is a protected designation of origin (PDO). The label may now be applied to reindeer meat, which is produced in the Finnish reindeer management area on reindeer born and bred in that region. The label requires that the reindeer meat is also cut, and packaged in the Finnish reindeer management area. Finnish reindeer husbandry produces 2-2,5 million kilos annually. This change in regulation may improve the marketing and sales of reindeer meat internationally and ease conditions for the production and sale of products for reindeer herders.