No checks are going down out there after the registration of Halloumi within the record of merchandise of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the European Union final March.
Usually, as of 1 October there ought to have been checks out there for the reason that PDO serves as a preventative by proscribing the authorized use of the Halloumi identify, in all of its linguistic variations, to Halloumi produced on Cyprus. Accordingly, the integrity, popularity, and world recognition of Cypriot Halloumi is protected against the taint of inferior merchandise, originating in different elements of the world, masquerading as Halloumi.
Nevertheless, when shoppers go to native supermarkets they are going to see that there are merchandise named Halloumi, produced after 1 October however with out the PDO seal. So, Cypriot shoppers have no idea what sort of Halloumi they lastly eat.