Welsh leeks are set to join Cornish clotted cream, Cheddar cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies and be given protected status.
The country’s national emblem, Welsh growers have made an application under the Protected Geographical Indication scheme – the British version of the EU protected status.
Tim Casey, Chairman of the British Leek Growers Association said: “It is claimed that in 640AD the Briton King Cadwallader and his men were battling invading Saxons.
