The controlled term of origin guarantees the following product criteria:
The origins of AOC date back to the 15th century, when Roquefort was regulated by a parliamentary decree. The AOC seal was created and mandated by French laws in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. In 1990, the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO) was created to manage the administration of the process. Many other countries have based their controlled place name systems on AOC. See:
All AOC products are identified by a seal, which is printed on the label or the rind (in the case of an AOC cheese). To prevent any possible misrepresentation, no part of an AOC name may be used on a label of a product not qualifying for that AOC. However, many producers are located in towns where the AOC is the name of the town, and thus are enjoined from listing anything more than a cryptic postal code.
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