02/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 2 July, the European Commission announced that it had approved the application to include ‘Jambon du Kintoa’, a French product, in the Community Register of Protected Designations of Origin (PDO). Kintoa Ham is a dry ham rubbed with ‘Piment d'Espelette’ (PDO) powder and produced in certain municipalities in the Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the southwest of France, a territory that generally corresponds to the French Basque Country. This ham comes from the black piebald pig from Basque Country (porc pie noir), a breed particularly adapted to the mountain climate. This new name will join more than 1,450 food products already protected at EU level. (LC)