The 6000 -year -old Greek cheese was "cottage", and the European court ruled that Danish illegal

According to the British "Guardian" reported on July 14, in 2019, because Danish companies labeled the "FETA" label to export cheese outside the EU, Denmark was sued by the European Commission to court. On Thursday, the European court (CJEU) ruled that Denmark lost the lawsuit, that is, Denmark was determined that Denmark had released its domestic manufacturer's packaging to the "Fida cheese" label to the packaging of the "Fida cheese" label to the EU.

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Reuters reports that Greece advocates that "Fida cheese" is part of its cultural heritage, because the Greek folk has a history of 6000 years of cheese. According to the Guardian, the most common raw materials for this fragile white cheese are mixtures of goat milk and goat milk, which can be traced back to the 8th century BC. This kind of cheese was mentioned in Homer's epic "Odyssey", which is said to have the unique taste and texture of ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle.

The Guardian pointed out that in 2002, the European Commission determined that Greece's "Fida cheese" was the "protected origin name" (PDO). Since then, the label of "Fida" can only be used to derive from Greece's specific specific. Geographical areas and comply with relevant production specifications cheese products. Reuters mentioned that the European court also recognized this PDO in 2005.

Nevertheless, and Greece's indignation of Denmark's "cottage" approach failed to prevent Danish from continuing to continue exporting "Fida cheese" produced by the non -EU market. Copenhagen retorted that the EU's above -mentioned ban is equivalent to "trade barriers."

The Guardian pointed out that in 2019, with the support of Greece and Cyprus, the European Commission decided to file a lawsuit against the European courts on Danish allowing the abuse of the "Fida cheese" label, which further intensified the dispute over the matter.

In the end, the judge of the European court made a judgment. The claim of the judgment is that Denmark's practice not only hurts Greece in trade, but also hurts the EU in future trade negotiations. The judge said: "Because there is no prevention (domestic manufacturer) labeling the" Fida Cheese "label on the cheese exported to the third country, Denmark failed to fulfill its obligations under EU law."

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