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12-05-05, 02:17
Only Greece Makes Feta Cheese 12 May 2005 00:39:00
news.ert.gr
By Athina Saloustrou
Greece must have exclusive right to use the name "feta" for its cheese, according to a decision today by the EU legal counsel, who rejected Denmark and Germany’s request to use the name. In 2002, the Commission ruled that feta cheese can only be called by this name if it is produced in some parts of Greece. The product was thereby given the same protection as that accorded to Parma ham and champagne. This move has angered Denmark, the best-known feta-producing country after Greece and Germany, who requested the European Supreme Court to rule that feta is nothing more than a general term for a type of salty cheese.
http://www.ert.gr/site/news/photos/img70x70/2003/11/feta.jpg
Victory for Greece
The General Prosecutor of the European Supreme Court, Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, said that the word "feta" cannot be called a general term, but should be considered the traditional name of a cheese originating in Greece. "Feta is connected with a major historical part of today’s Greece," the court states.
The Prosecutor advises that the court should reject the suits brought by Germany and Denmark over the name. This position is a victory for Greece, where feta, according to tradition, was been produced for the last 6000 years. Athens has supported the geographic protection of feta cheese, which is made from goat and sheep’s milk, since 1994.
En wie is er nou nog tégen de Europese grondwet?! http://www.mainzelahr.de/smile/crazy/whis_keule01_27794.gif
(En sorry aan hen die dachten dat Victory terug was...) :nerveus:
news.ert.gr
By Athina Saloustrou
Greece must have exclusive right to use the name "feta" for its cheese, according to a decision today by the EU legal counsel, who rejected Denmark and Germany’s request to use the name. In 2002, the Commission ruled that feta cheese can only be called by this name if it is produced in some parts of Greece. The product was thereby given the same protection as that accorded to Parma ham and champagne. This move has angered Denmark, the best-known feta-producing country after Greece and Germany, who requested the European Supreme Court to rule that feta is nothing more than a general term for a type of salty cheese.
http://www.ert.gr/site/news/photos/img70x70/2003/11/feta.jpg
Victory for Greece
The General Prosecutor of the European Supreme Court, Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, said that the word "feta" cannot be called a general term, but should be considered the traditional name of a cheese originating in Greece. "Feta is connected with a major historical part of today’s Greece," the court states.
The Prosecutor advises that the court should reject the suits brought by Germany and Denmark over the name. This position is a victory for Greece, where feta, according to tradition, was been produced for the last 6000 years. Athens has supported the geographic protection of feta cheese, which is made from goat and sheep’s milk, since 1994.
En wie is er nou nog tégen de Europese grondwet?! http://www.mainzelahr.de/smile/crazy/whis_keule01_27794.gif
(En sorry aan hen die dachten dat Victory terug was...) :nerveus: