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Controled label of origin
The AOC is a close link between human know-how, a product and a specific area.
How is it obtained :

In order to be acknowledged as an AOC, the matchless product - which is the result of an ancestral know-how - must :

 Originate from a well-defined production area.
 Fulfill special production requirements.
 Benefit from a duly established renown.
 Apply for official approval.
The INAO's role :

The National Institute for the Controlled Appellations (INAO) guarantees the AOC label. It grants the AOC acknowledgement which consists of :

 Well defined geographic boundaries in a given production area.
 Defined production and approval requirements.
 A duly established renown.
 Approved criteria

Also, it ensures : the follow - up, the supervision of the production requirements and it fights against counterfeits.
How is an A.O.C. recognized ?
Products that benefit from an AOC are recognized by the written mention " Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée " or AOC found on their label.

A visual identification design representing the term " AOC " will be created. It will be affixed on all agricultural and agro-food AOC products, exept on wines.
 
Products Concerned
The wine of course,
Spirits
cow, goat or ewe's cheese
Butter and cream, Charentes butter, Issigny cream, ...
Poultry : Bresse poultry, turkey, capon...
Meat : Camargue bull
Fruits and vegetables : Moissac Chasselat, Grenoble wallnuts, Nyons black olives, Le Puy green lentils.
Various products essential oil, Haute-Provence lavander oil, hay from Crau
 
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