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Article: `Feta' blow to Shepherds Purse. (News).(Shepherds Purse Cheeses ordered to stop producing Yorkshire Feta cheese)(Brief Article)

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October 19, 2002
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Shepherds Purse Cheeses has complained it is being "clobbered" by DEFRA red tape following the unfavourable Brussels ruling that affects its `Yorkshire Feta' brand.

Only cheese produced in certain areas of Greece can be called Feta. EU cheese companies. will have five years to rebrand their products.

MD Judy Bell said: "We are fighting this. Feta is a generic name for a type of cheese. It is not like Champagne which refers to a ...

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