Euro2day

Feta cheese at risk due to reduced milk production

This traditional Greek product has grown into a €1 billion industry, primarily focused on exports. However, animal diseases ...
saudigazette

Greek sheep and goat cull raises fears of feta cheese shortage

ATHENS — Hundreds of thousands of sheep and goats are being culled in Greece, due to the outbreak of an infectious disease. It may affect production and exports of the country's famous feta cheese.
THE WEEK

Greece's deadly 'goat plague' threatens its trademark feta cheese

Feta cheese – Greece's "white gold" – is under threat after a deadly "goat plague" resurfaced in Europe. The "highly contagious" peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus was detected for the first time ...
KHQ

Sheep culls put pressure on Greek feta cheese production

Three months after state vets seized and killed hundreds of his sheep to stamp out an ongoing pox pandemic, Kostas Theofilou fights back tears as he gazes at his empty stable. "Three families lived ...