Greece: Make checks on cheap feta, Thessaly breeders ask ELGO DIMITRA

Published 2024년 6월 10일

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The Federation of Cattle Breeding Associations and Cattle Breeders of Thessaly has written to ELGO DIMITRA expressing concerns over the production and pricing of feta in Ireland. They have requested tests to be conducted on the product to ensure it meets PDO specifications and to explain its low price. The federation has also demanded that those responsible be identified and large fines be imposed. They have called for immediate action to protect consumers and the goat and sheep breeding sector in Greece.

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Letter from the Federation of Cattle Breeding Associations and Cattle Breeders of Thessaly to ELGO DIMITRA, requesting controls on feta in Ireland. Specifically, in the letter, signed by the president of the Federation, Dimitris Baloukas, the following are highlighted: "In the last few days once again through social media we see things that undermine our national product the PDO slice. Specifically in Ireland, a consumer claims in a video shared by her that she buys Greek feta at a price that does not correspond in any way to reality... Since you, together with EFET and the financial police, are the legally responsible body for the control of PDO products, we immediately request your mobilization by taking samples from the said packages with "Feta" in order to answer the following questions: 1. Why is the price of the product so low? 2. To what extent does this product meet PDO specifications? 3. If it is not feta, we ask that the names of those who made it and sold it at this ...

Source: Agrotypos