#halloumi PDO

Turkish Cypriot halloumi producer Meric on Tuesday became the fourth Turkish Cypriot halloumi mark to receive the European Union’s protected designation of origin (PDO) certificate. The company is named ...

The agriculture ministry intends to impose stricter penalties on those not conforming with halloumi specifications, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Panayiotou briefed the House agriculture committee on the ...

Over a dozen small cheesemakers have written to the president with a “plea for help” as they fear their businesses will shut down following the halloumi requirements which come with ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will hold a meeting with “all those involved in the production of halloumi” in April, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News ...

Will there ever be an end to the halloumi PDO (protected designation of origin) saga or will the irrationality of the last few years continue? It seems set to run ...

A top court in the European Union on Wednesday rejected an attempt to drop the protected status of halloumi, staving off a challenge on the prized cheese that is one ...

Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday night that the European Union “must deal with Turkish Cypriots’ problems.” He was speaking on Kibris Postasi TV and said the EU “does ...

The government will take decisions on halloumi during a wide-ranging meeting with all stakeholders after February 21, when an EU Court is expected to issue its decision over the halloumi appeal, ...

Cheesemakers decided on Friday to suspend protest measures they announced to shut down dairy farms over an ongoing spat on halloumi. The looming threat had also led cattle farmers to ...

Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers should be able to export their product to the standards of the protected designation of origin (PDO) by June, the European Commission’s Cyprus Settlement Support ...

The Cyprus cheesemakers’ association is to hold an extraordinary general meeting on Friday to discuss “measures to be taken” regarding the “critical situation” regarding forthcoming adjustments to the ratio of ...

Cyprus cheesemakers’ association chairman Marios Constantinou said the Agriculture Ministry has instructed producers to “abolish” goat’s and sheep’s milk halloumi on Thursday. “What we have been told by ...

The halloumi war is back. As the date for the increase of sheep and goat’s milk in halloumi approaches, the Pancyprian Organisation of Cattle-Farmers (Poa) is once again at ...

Halloumi has become a hot topic once again on Wednesday after it was revealed that the current agreement between the various stakeholders is not being applied. Speaking to CyBC on ...

Sheep and goat breeders have announced their intention to protest over non-implementation of PDO (product of designated origin) requirements for halloumi. But the agriculture ministry said their differences that occurred ...

Halloumi cheese exports during the first four months of 2023 amounted to €111.8 million euros, which corresponds to about 20 per cent of the value of Cypriot exports, Agriculture Minister, Petros Xenophontos has ...

A second Turkish Cypriot halloumi producer in the north is undergoing evaluations to receive a PDO certificate, according to the Turkish Cypriot chamber of commerce (KTTO). According to statements made ...

The new developments in PDO specifications will widen prospects for the development of halloumi, the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) said on Thursday. In a written statement, Keve expressed satisfaction ...

Non-PDO halloumi was found in Greece, Germany, Belgium and Hungary, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday. Over three months after the full implementation of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Friday expressed his satisfaction over the start of halloumi production based on the specifications of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), which began on September 1. An ...

Disgruntled Turkish Cypriot halloumi producers expressed concerns about being left out of talks regarding the export of halloumi as a PDO product. According to Turkish Cypriot media outlet Kibris Postasi ...

COULD it have been a brave disregard for their personal safety that made the two so-called independent candidates turn down the proposal of the police command to provide them with ...

After much dilly-dallying, the government seems to have finally decided that it would implement the halloumi PDO in Cyprus. On Friday the agriculture ministry, which has been presiding over this ...

The House Agricultural Committee held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday to discuss a legal service opinion, which reaffirms that the product with the name “halloumi” is the one that meets ...