grandfathering

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Australian producers can also continue to use names including parmesan though feta will be subject to "grandfathering and lengthy phase-out periods" due to strict EU rules on naming rights.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

But the agency has exempted more than 95% of U.S. ethanol plants from the requirement through a grandfathering provision that excused plants built or under construction before the legislation passed.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2022

Back in the 1970s, the EPA couldn’t entirely avoid grandfathering.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2021

“The university has discontinued non-academic programs in the past without grandfathering participants,” she said.

From Washington Times • May 11, 2019

“There will not be a grandfathering of existing cases,” said Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018