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politics1d ago
Vaccine skeptics are coming for your feta cheese
- Latest development: Greek farmers block highways demanding free sheep pox vaccines as culling continues.
- EU urges vaccination to stop outbreaks and protect feta exports from damage.
- Greece cites cost and export concerns as reasons for rejecting a national vaccination program.
- Stockpiled vaccines in the EU could be used under international approval despite Greece’s stance.
- A sheep pox declaration could restrict exports, complicating feta supply chains.
- Greece reports extensive vaccination in the informal sector, affecting data accuracy.
- Thessaly region remains pivotal to production, facing floods and disease-linked disruptions.
- Brussels cites a standard procedure to address non-EU approved vaccines for EU-wide outbreaks.
- Public sentiment ties to the fate of feta, a protected designation of origin, amid the crisis.
- EU support emphasizes vaccination as the primary preventive measure despite local resistance.
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