Article: EU's highest court gives Greece the right to name of feta cheese


AP Worldstream
10-25-2005
Dateline: BRUSSELS, Belgium
The European Union's highest court on Tuesday said the name of feta cheese was a traditional Greek name and deserved protection throughout the EU, siding with Greece against Germany and Denmark.

The court followed the advice of its advocate general and backed the argument that "feta" meets the requirements of a designation of origin in that it describes a cheese originating from a substantial part of Greece, whose characteristics derive from its geographical environment and its production, ...

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