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Article: Denmark sues EU Commission over feta cheese ruling
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- December 23, 2002
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Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Denmark on Monday sued the European Union's executive Commission for
giving Greece exclusive rights to produce feta cheese, calling the
product a generic foodstuff, not a regional delicacy.
"The government doesn't believe that feta is a generic name of origin
but a generic name of goods, which cannot be protected," Denmark's
Food Minister Mariann Fischer Boel said.
Greece has tried since 1989 to have the EU ban other nations from
using the label, saying the cheese has been made there since ancient
times.
In October, the EU's head office added feta to a list of hundreds
of gourmet products given "designation of origin" ...