Agneau de pré-salé explained

(French: "Salt marsh lamb") is a type of lamb which was raised in salt marsh meadows of France[1] (especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy and the Bay of the Somme in Picardy), and parts of the UK and the Netherlands. The sheep graze in pastures that are covered in halophyte grasses with a high salinity and iodine content,[2] causing their meat to have a distinct taste considered a delicacy.[3]

In 2006, salt marsh lamb raised in the area around the Bay of the Somme was registered as an (AOC),[4] followed by registration as an EU Protected Designation of Origin (PDO, French:, AOP) in 2013 under the name . In the same year also salt marsh lamb raised near Mont-Saint-Michel was registered as PDO under the name: .[5]

Salt marsh lambs can also be found, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.[6] The Gower Salt Marsh Lamb was protected under UK law as a PDO in 2021,[7] and in 2023 (despite opposition from France) under EU law.[8] The places where salt marsh lamb are also reared in the UK aside from Harlech and the Gower Peninsula in Wales, are the Somerset Levels and Morecambe Bay in England, and the Solway Firth in Scotland.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: J. P. Doody. Saltmarsh conservation, management and restoration. 19 November 2011. 2008. Springer. 978-1-4020-4603-2. 60.
  2. Book: Hugh Johnson. A Life Uncorked. registration. 19 November 2011. 1 March 2006. University of California Press. 978-0-520-24850-2.
  3. Cattle may safely graze. New Scientist. March 17, 1988. 0262-4079. 56. Gordon, Iain. Duncan, Patrick.
  4. Web site: La baie de Somme . FrancePress . France Today . June 19, 2011 . March 25, 2012 . Lascève, Agnès . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814002317/http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2011/06/19/la_baie_de_somme.html . 2011-08-14 . dead .
  5. Web site: Pré-salés du Mont-Saint-Michel. European Union. 12 December 2021.
  6. Book: Bio-production and ecosystem development in saline conditions . The National Council for Agricultural Research . June 2000 . November 19, 2011 . 90-5059-113-2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232831/http://www.agro.nl/nrlo/english/pdf/200010E.pdf . April 25, 2012 .
  7. Web site: Gower Salt Marsh Lamb. UK government. 15 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1547 of 26 July 2023 entering a name in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications ('Gower Salt Marsh Lamb' (PDO)). European Commission. 29 July 2023. 27 July 2023.

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