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Representatives of Murcia Paprika DOO part in the events of the feast of the PDO Espelette Pepper (France) (03/11/2011)

The Technical Director of the PDO Paprika of Murcia, Serafin Rivers and the Secretary of the Control Board and also Chairman of COATO, Jose Luis Hernandez attended last weekend the various celebratory events held by the Denomination of Origin Paprika Espelette ( France) during the feast of pepper 2011.

The different events were held in conjunction with a outdoor fair where you have placed hundreds of stalls, most of which sell products of any kind related to the Espelette pepper (clothing, food, handicrafts, jewelry , liquors, paints, furnishings, and all kinds), which began Saturday and ended on Sunday after having been visited by over 20,000 people in the region and throughout France, as well as parts of the Spanish Basque Country, that have purchased products have been housed in local places and have eaten in restaurants and all kinds of local establishments.

The two representatives of the PDO Paprika of Murcia as guests attended both the solemn Mass for the blessing of the harvest of peppers, held at the Church of Espelette and the appointment of new members and receive the oath of Espelette pepper defense organized by the Brotherhood of the pepper and the official reception held at the Castle of Espelette that organized the council of this town for gastronomic guilds and authorities partygoers pepper, which the Mayor of Espelette, mentioned and public health representation of the Denomination of Origin Paprika of Murcia.

In all these acts the Murcian delegation members have been accompanied throughout by the President of the PDO Espelette Pepper, Martine Damois, which was last November in Totana occasion of the annual European organized Pepper Paprika from Murcia the PDO with the Ministry of Agriculture.

DOP representatives Paprika of Murcia have said that the experience of visiting the Espelette pepper festival has impressed them because they have proven can be promoted as a town and an area, both from the agricultural point of view and from the social, economic and tourism, about a product such as pepper, which manage add-in addition to a value that makes the product is sold at ten times that of Murcia, despite being substantially less than the production of our region, which all socio-economic fabric of the area revolves around this product.

According to Jose Luis Hernandez said, "although it is difficult to transfer 100% of that experience to Murcia, would be interesting to invite you to visit next year Espelette some local and regional authorities with jurisdiction over this matter so they could learn about the field this very interesting experience. "

Source: D.O.O. Pimentón de Murcia

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