Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up in 1998 with the aim of helping to protect the Melton Mowbray pork pie recipe. In 1999 the association, a group of seven local manufacturers, applied to the EU to have their products categorised as having Protected Geographical Indication, to ensure that only pies made in an area around Melton Mowbray could use the Melton Mowbray name. Northern Foods, a large food corporation, tried to prevent this move over
Harby, Leicestershire Harby, Leicestershire Harby is a village and civil parish. It lies in the Vale of Belvoir and forms part of the Borough of Melton in Leicestershire, England. Harby is in the far north-east of the county in the Vale of Belvoir, north of the town of Melton Mowbray, and west south-west of the town of Grantham. Although the village is in Leicestershire, the county town of Leicester is away and the closest city is Nottingham (). The village lies on the south side of the Grantham Canal. Conspicuous on the horizon is the seat of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir