Greece has scored a win in its fight to protect their right to the term 'Feta' as Europe's top court reprimanded Denmark for not blocking local companies from using the name for sales outside the European Union. Greece claims feta as part of its cultural heritage because it has made the sheep and goat milk cheese for 6,000 years. The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) agreed with its assertion. FIL PHOTO: A cheesemonger puts pieces of Greece's trademark feta cheese in a bag for a customer in central Athens, Greece. REUTERS/John Kolesidis "By failing to stop the use of the designation 'Feta' for cheese intended for export to third countries, Denmark has failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law," judges said. In the case brought by the Europea...
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