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Article: EU's top court rules feta cheese stands alone -- unique to Greece
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 26, 2005
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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.
OTHER NATIONS SHUT OUT
"The court upholds the name 'feta' as a protected ...