This week, the New York Daily News reported a possible proposal by the European Union to outlaw the use of some European cheese names, like Parmesan, in the United States. The idea is causing an uproar among American cheese producers. And while the EU feels it needs to “protect the sales and identity of the European cheeses,” according to the article, dairy producers in the US are predicting that such a restriction would have a major negative impact to profits.
The article uses Canada as an example for the importance the EU is placing on the issue, pointing out that “under the Canadian agreement, for example, new feta products manufactured in Canada can only be marketed as feta-like or feta-style, and they can’t use Greek letters or other symbols that evoke Greece.”
According to the article, the EU has been vague about the proposal and has not confirmed that the issue will be discussed during upcoming free-trade agreement talks with the US.
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