Under the Geographical Indication Protection System, two companies, Hatcho Miso (trade name: Kakukyu) and Maruya Hatcho Miso Co., Ltd., which have continued to make miso using traditional methods since the early Edo period. This system specifies the location of the production area. Regaining the original town name proposed by Okazaki city will lead to support for the review of the GI Protection System.
A ruling in a lawsuit seeking the cancellation of the national geographical indication (GI) registration over the geographical indication (GI) protection system, which registers and protects the names of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and processed products that make use of integrated production methods and regional characteristics as intellectual property. On the 28th, it was at the Tokyo District Court.
The “Geographical Indication Protection System (GI)”, which was started by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to protect specific agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the region, was abused, and “Kakukyu” (trade name), which has the oldest miso storehouse in Japan, opened “Haccho Miso Co., Ltd.” ” and “Maruya Hatcho Miso Co., Ltd.” are being cornered.
Maruya Haccho Miso, a long-established company in Okazaki City, announced on the 22nd that it filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, asking the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to cancel its registration, arguing that the production method of the registered product is different from the original traditional method.