Traditional food products certification in Romania and the European Union.

The aim of this article is to determine the stage of development of the certification process in Romani for food products, given the process strong importance in the European Union. Comparing to the European Union where the Traditional Specialities Guaranteed is the less popular certification at a national level; traditional product certification is the most common. The number of traditional products certified was analyzed using the method of spatial distribution. Results indicated a strong discrepancy between Northern and Southern regions from Romania regarding the interest for certification. It is concluded that for a future European Certification, the Northern region will become a source of certified products. Â