Overview

• Organizers expect about 600 attendees and 80 exhibitors for the Expo IGs, with participants and panelists from 16 countries.
• The exhibitor roster includes 31 producers from Michoacán, 35 from other Mexican states, and 11 international producers from countries such as Argentina, Italy, Ireland and Colombia.
• Four expert panels will feature case studies of prominent protected-origin products including Tequila, Irish Whiskey, Café Colombia and Parmigiano Reggiano.
• Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla thanked the IMPI and the Consejo Regulador del Tequila for backing Morelia’s successful host bid.
• Michoacán has five new geographical indications in process at the IMPI: pez blanco de Pátzcuaro, esferas de Tlalpujahua, guayaba, jamaica de La Huacana and molcajetes de San Nicolás Obispo.