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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-20
CONTENTS
[01] Greece wants feta protected in CETA agreement, agriculture minister
tells ANA radio
[01] Greece wants feta protected in CETA agreement, agriculture minister
tells ANA radio
Greek feta should have the same protection under the CETA trade agreement
with Canada as other European products, Rural Development and Foods
Minister Vangelis Apostolou said on Wednesday, in an interview with
the ANA radio station 'Praktorio 104.9 FM'.
"Feta is a product that we want to see protected by the European
Commission, exactly in the way that it protects the products of other
countries," Apostolou said, outlining the case he presented at the
agriculture and fisheries ministers' meeting held in Brussels about the
lack of protection under the draft CETA agreement that is soon to be
accepted for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) feta cheeses.
"We are just before the acceptance of an agreement that essentially
leaves unprotected mostly feta and less so two other Greek products,
Kalamon olives and Samos wine. We insist on feta, however, because it
is a product that is the banner of geographic indications, not just in
our country but in the European Union," Apostolou said.
It would be very hard for the specific agreement to be accepted by Greek
society and, of course, it would not be easy for it to pass in the Greek
Parliament, he added.
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