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

RAF CASERT, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-25-2005
Dateline: BRUSSELS, Belgium
The European Union's highest court on Tuesday finally settled the fate of feta cheese, decreeing it as a traditional Greek product deserving protection throughout the 25-nation EU in a ruling that went against industrial producers elsewhere in Europe.

Germany and Denmark, backed by France and Britain, had challenged the designation of origin for the salty, crumbly cheese and turned it into a gastronomic fight lasting almost two decades, involving lobbyists, the EU's head office and, finally, the European Court of Justice.

"The court upholds the name 'feta' as a protected designation of origin for ...

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