Greece wants feta protected in CETA agreement

"Feta is a product that we want to see protected by the European Commission, exactly in the way that it protects the products of other countries," Apostolou said, outlining the case he presented at the agriculture and fisheries ministers' meeting held in Brussels about the lack of protection under the draft CETA agreement that is soon to be accepted for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) feta cheeses.
"We are just before the acceptance of an agreement that essentially leaves unprotected mostly feta and less so two other Greek products, Kalamata olives and Samos wine. We insist on feta, however, because it is a product that is the banner of geographic indications, not just in our country but in the European Union," Apostolou said.
It would be very hard for the specific agreement to be accepted by Greek society and, of course, it would not be easy for it to pass in the Greek Parliament, he added.