{"id":5564,"date":"2025-03-26T18:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/greece-wins-legal-battle-over-feta-in-chile\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T18:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:17:55","slug":"greece-wins-legal-battle-over-feta-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/greece-wins-legal-battle-over-feta-in-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Wins Legal Battle Over Feta In Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SANTIAGO, Chile \u2013 Greece has secured a major legal victory in its ongoing effort to protect the authenticity of feta cheese abroad. <\/h2>\n<p>A Chilean court last week rejected an appeal from a U.S. multinational, affirming that the name \u201cfeta\u201d belongs exclusively to Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by Chile\u2019s second-degree court on industrial property came after the Association of Hellenic Industries of Dairy Products (SEVGAP) challenged the use of the name by Lactalis, a U.S.-based company producing a cheese called \u201cAthenos Feta.\u201d The appeal, lodged by the Consortium of Common Food Names (CCFN) on behalf of Lactalis, was dismissed on Thursday, upholding an earlier ruling by Chile\u2019s National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI).<\/p>\n<p>This ruling marks another milestone in Greece\u2019s campaign to safeguard feta as a protected designation of origin, ensuring that only cheese produced in Greece using traditional methods can bear the name. The victory reinforces the cultural and economic significance of feta to the Greek dairy industry, thwarting efforts by foreign producers to capitalize on its reputation.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tCCFN, cheese, Chile, Feta, Greece, Greek news, INAPI, industrial property, Lactalis, legal victory, SEVGAP\t<\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/03\/27\/greece-wins-legal-battle-over-feta-in-chile\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTIAGO, Chile \u2013 Greece has secured a major legal victory in its ongoing effort to protect the authenticity of feta cheese abroad. A Chilean court last week rejected an appeal from a U.S. multinational, affirming that the name \u201cfeta\u201d belongs exclusively to Greece. The decision by Chile\u2019s second-degree court on industrial property came after the &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greece Wins Legal Battle Over Feta In Chile\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/greece-wins-legal-battle-over-feta-in-chile\/#more-5564\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greece Wins Legal Battle Over Feta In Chile\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1-120.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}