Khmer Herbal Tea Gains Property Rights Status
- By Ou Sokmean
- April 28, 2023 5:19 PM
PHNOM PENH – Kirum, Kampot pepper herbal tea, has received Cambodia's first intellectual property rights.
Hay Lyeang, founder of Cambodian food promoter Confirel, said the herbal tea was made from the pepper flower. It received the status from the Ministry of Commerce on World Intellectual Property Rights Day on April 26 at the Phnom Penh Hotel.
Lyeang said the intellectual property status was a source of national pride that promoted Cambodian products in terms of innovation, especially being recognized as the first Cambodian product on the global market.
“The acquisition of this intellectual property is essential for safeguarding our corporate objectives,” Lyeang said.
“This enhances the reputation and heritage of our ancestors because all of these products were handed down to us by them.”
The next step will be to make these products exhibit unmatched excellence in both quality and active ingredients of the Kampot pepper flowers tea.
“The pepper tea is the first of the geographical products and we continue to process it to make our products known,” he said.
He said the product not only satisfied the needs of the regional market but was also an exceptional product in our global society.
Herbal tea has earned intellectual property rights in many countries, namely Brazil, Japan, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and the European Union.
Confirel products include the mango roll, Kampot pepper, wine and other Khmer products such as Khmer chocolate and palm sugar.
Originally written in Khmer for ThmeyThmey, this story was translated by Te Chhaysinh for Cambodianess.
