More cheese-related tensions emerge Brussels and Cyprus last week announced that years of painstaking negotiation had delivered a long-cherished goal for the divided island: securing EU protection of delicious, chewy halloumi as a regional specialised delicacy.
The European Commission announced on Monday the official decision for the registration of Halloumi/Hellim as a protected designation of origin (PDO) product, protecting it against imitation and misuse across the EU. The European Commission also adopted a measure allowing this PDO product to cross the Green Line, provided that the cheese and milk from which […]
The European Union registered Monday Cyprus’ traditional cheese halloumi as a product of Protected Designation of Origin (P.D.O), after many years of efforts on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades in his Twitter account referred to a milestone day for halloumi and the country. “A milestone day for #Halloumi/#Hellim and our […]
The European Commission has launched the process for a vote in the Quality Committee on 26 March, on the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the Halloumi/Hellim file, an EC spokesperson told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Tuesday. More specifically, Miriam Garcia Ferre, told CNA, during the daily EC briefing that “Ι can confirm […]
