Division 3.2 Whether the name

1. ☒

   is specific in itself

2. ☐

   expresses the specific character of the agricultural product or foodstuff

The product has had this name for centuries. ‘Suikerstroop’ [treacle] is obtained during the production of sugar. Article 12 of the 1977 Sugar and Syrup (Commodities Act) Decree provides that: ‘The name “suikerstroop”, preceded where appropriate by the name of the plant from which the product is made, must and may only be used to describe the syrupy liquid obtained from the massecuite of the plant from which the product is made after extraction of the sugar crystals…’.