Rooibos tea: EU protection is good news for South African agriculture
- Written by Enrico Bonadio, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
GreenArt/ShutterstockThe European Union recently added rooibos (red bush) tea to its register of products with a protected designation of origin. The iconic tea is the first African product to receive such status in the EU, and the 40th from a non-EU country.
Rooibos is in good company – this is the same kind of protection given to champagne,...