Spain: The Protected Designation of Origin Quesos de Murcia is the first in production and second in export

The annual report of the Regulatory Council highlights the 17.4 percent increase in production, reaching 1.3 million kilos MURCIA, 11 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) - The Protected Designation of Origin, PDO, 'Quesos de Murcia' is the first in production and the second in exports at the national level, as explained by the Minister for Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment, Antonio Luengo, who has highlighted that "the quality" of the traditional goat cheeses of Murcia in the presentation of the 2021 annual report of the Regulatory Council of 'Quesos de Murcia'. According to sources from the Community in a press release, the eight dairies registered in the denomination of origin produced 1.3 million kilos of processed cheese last year, 17.4 more than the previous year in their cheese varieties at wine, fresh and cured, "an important volume that allows the PDO to stand out as the largest producer of goat cheese at the national level", said the minister. Luengo has ...