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Whose Food is it Anyway?
Is our food for sharing or guarding? Does it maintain a national identity once it is cooked abroad? And, the intellectual property law behind your family recipe.
Does food maintain its national identity once it's cooked abroad? We'll look at why a recipe by chef Jamie Oliver for Jollof rice has many West Africans talking about their culinary heritage. Also,can you patent a recipe? We look at the relationship between intellectual property and food, and whether our food is for sharing or protecting. And how Parmigiano Reggiano may play a part in holding up EU- US trade talks.
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Mon 1 Dec 201413:32GMT
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