South Africa’s rooibos tea joins champagne on EU protection list

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Like champagne, roquefort and Kalamata olives, South Africa’s world-famous rooibos tea has been added to a European Union list of protected agricultural products and foodstuffs, an industry official said Wednesday. The protected designation of origin (PDO) status, assigned to the tea or “red bush” late last month, means only leaves cultivated in...

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