Post by Jaga on May 29, 2007 23:07:39 GMT -7
WARSAW, Poland, May 29 Slovakia and Poland have agreed to register their two cheese products and their brand names fully independent from each other, media said Tuesday.
The two products have entirely different cow milk content and place of origin, Polish Radio said.
The Slovak "Osztiepok" cheese has a cow milk content of 80 percent and is produced in seven selected dairy plants with Dutch and French capital participation. The Polish "Oscypek" cheese is hand-made by highlander shepherds and has a cow milk content of only 40 percent. After years of contention, the two countries, members of the European Union since 2004, agreed to register independently their cheese products.
Slovakia and Poland have been producing the cheese for many centuries on both sides of the Tatry mountain border.
The two products have entirely different cow milk content and place of origin, Polish Radio said.
The Slovak "Osztiepok" cheese has a cow milk content of 80 percent and is produced in seven selected dairy plants with Dutch and French capital participation. The Polish "Oscypek" cheese is hand-made by highlander shepherds and has a cow milk content of only 40 percent. After years of contention, the two countries, members of the European Union since 2004, agreed to register independently their cheese products.
Slovakia and Poland have been producing the cheese for many centuries on both sides of the Tatry mountain border.
