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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11608

25 August 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Commission to protect Irish Port Oriel mineral salts
Brussels, 24/08/2016 (Agence Europe)

The Commission is expected shortly to adopt a regulation listing Oriel Sea Minerals from Ireland in the register of protected designations of origin (PDO).

Oriel Sea Minerals is the name given to concentrated sea mineral salts in liquid form harvested from the bay of Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.

It is a concentrated blend of macro and trace minerals that is of a clear (sometimes slightly yellow in colour dependent on the time of year harvested) and slightly...