Greece: The controls on milk and cheese are good, but the farmers are still asking for measures

The Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK) issued a statement stating the following: In the last few days, complaints have come to light that the channeling of counterfeit PDO feta with cow's milk from Greek industries to EU countries continues, which poses a great risk to its status as a PDO. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reacted with checks on the entire range of milk and cheese traffic, especially PDO slices, in industries, points of sale, in chains, supermarkets and at import points in the country, with mixed levels, as we have requested for years. We consider the control measures of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food positive, as long as they are not temporary and then forgotten after the noise, as has happened in the past. We point out that these measures are not enough to ensure the hit to the Greekization of sheep's milk and the counterfeiting in the production of PDO feta, which, among other things, create unfair competition between processing ...