Dinde de Bresse

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Dinde de Bresse is the controlled designation of origin ( AOC ) for turkeys , which come from the Bresse region northeast of Lyon , between the Jura and the Saône .

features

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As Dinde de Bresse one is turkey referred desseen female and male representatives have the following characteristics: black plumage, white skin and flesh, black feet and red comb and cavernous. They are traded exempt, either ready to cook or exempted but with their head and neck . The meat is compact, with well-formed fillet pieces, the skin is balanced, without wounds, scars, cracks or discoloration. The mast should make the backbone invisible and the breastbone should keep its natural shape. The extremities must not have any fractures, the neck plumage should be clean and the feet free from dirt.

history

The AOC protection was granted by Décret on December 22, 1976, expanded and specified on May 27, 1998. An association for the protection and marketing of the Dinde de Bresse was founded on July 12, 1972 (Syndicat de défense et de promotion de la Dinde de Bresse).

Key figures

The production area covers 353,600 ha and (2005) 57 breeders (31 in the Ain , 1 in the Jura and 10 in Saône-et-Loire ). In 2005, 30,000 chicks were bred (55% in Ain, 3% in Jura and 42% in Saône-et-Loire), from which 23,000 Dinde de Bresse were produced. The production area comprises 275 municipalities, which are located in a rectangle that is about 100 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide and is precisely defined by the judgment of December 22, 1936. The municipalities are in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dinde de Bresse. to INAO L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved July 4, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Volaille de Bresse production area. to INAO L'Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Retrieved July 4, 2015 (French).

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