Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 30/1/2024 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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OJ C, 30.1.2024
During maturation, the components of the product undergo a series of complex changes, leading to the development of its organoleptic characteristics. The hams are hung in a well-ventilated place to encourage moisture loss, after which they are moved to a room with a lower relative humidity, where conditions favour the development of their aroma, which is a very complex process, as the components of the raw material undergo numerous changes due to degradation, some of which are autolytic, while others are microbial in nature, resulting from the presence of fungal and bacterial flora. Those changes take place in an interactive manner, as the areas microclimates promote the development of a genuine ecosystem.
Causal link between the geographical area and the quality or characteristics of the product for PDO or a specific quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product for PGI
The dehesa ecosystem is an agroforestry system that allows the natural resources to be managed in a balanced and non-destructive way. This valuable environment has been preserved thanks largely to the Iberian pig, for which it forms the ideal habitat, and it is here that the raw materials for the products protected by the Dehesa de Extremadura PDO are produced.
The Iberian pig is a breed well suited to this environment and has been the mainstay of a livelihood of direct consumption that has continued to this day and is now a global example of a sustainable economy, linked to a way of life in which man, the dehesa, the Iberian pig and the products derived from it have existed side by side for centuries in the same way, with the same breed and the same artisanal production method, in which the only ingredients are a unique raw material, the know-how of the artisan, salt, wind and time, as a result of which Dehesa de Extremadura ham and shoulder ham are still made according to the same artisanal method as in times past.
Because of its southerly location, Extremadura has a continental climate with moderate Atlantic influences, giving it temperature and humidity conditions which influence both the production of the raw material free-range fattening of Iberian pigs on the dehesa and the production of the final product. The conditions are ideal for salting and maturing and give the final product specific and unique physico-chemical and organoleptic characteristics.
Reference to publication of the specification https www.juntaex.es/documents/77055/621148/Solicitud+modificacion+Pliego+Dehesa+Extremadura.+2022.pdf
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ELI: http data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/1214/oj
