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Article: EU's highest court gives Greece exclusive rights to market feta cheese
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- October 25, 2005
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RAF CASERT, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-25-2005
Dateline: BRUSSELS, Belgium
The European Union's highest court finally settled the fate of feta cheese on Tuesday, decreeing it a traditional Greek product deserving protection throughout the 25-nation EU in a ruling that went against other European producers.
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 and involving lobbyists, the European Commission and, finally, the European Court of Justice.
"The court upholds the name 'feta' as a protected designation of origin for Greece," the ...