Parma ham

Examples of successful and longstanding GIs are Scotch whisky, champagne, and Parma ham.

“It’s part of the Swedish culture, it’s like the Swedish equivalent of Italian Parma ham or any other cultural habit,” said Patrik Hildingsson, a spokesman for Swedish Match, Sweden’s top snus maker, which was acquired by tobacco giant Philip Morris last year.

“We’re quite worried,” Alessandro Utini, head of the Parma Ham Consortium, which protects the Prosciutto di Parma designation, told The Post.

Compassion in World Farming said most Parma ham on UK shelves is farmed using crates that confine pregnant sows.

Asda said pigs used in the supply of Parma ham were farmed according to EU welfare legislation.