The Coordinating Committee of the Goat and Sheep Farmers concluded, in good religion, to not take any type of response in the interim to the brand new decree, dated July 8, 2024, on the minimal quotas of goat's and sheep's milk within the manufacturing of PDO halloumi.
“Regardless of the actual disappointment and surrounding pessimism within the goat and sheep farming sector, it was thought-about extremely mandatory to provide another alternative to regain our belief within the Authorities and the Ministry of Agriculture”, the goat and sheep farmers state in a press release.
Additionally they state that they are going to look ahead to an inexpensive interval of 6-7 weeks in order that the Minister of Agriculture Maria Panagiotou can, as they add, “reply to her commitments regarding common, strict and dependable administrative controls, guaranteeing a wholesome and aggressive market , and the fast choices of focused measures to extend the manufacturing of goat and sheep milk and make sure the devoted implementation of the PDO Halloumi Regulation”.
“This decree will probably be applied for one yr after which we anticipate a brand new decree to come back into pressure till 2029 with a proportion improve within the participation of goat and sheep milk for the preparation of halloumi by 5% per yr,” they add.
The goat and sheep breeders name on the Minister of Agriculture to not let “the extension of the transitional interval be consumed by the standard tensions and infinite confrontations as an alternative of brave choices and interventions geared toward absolute harmonization with the Laws and the European Regulation for halloumi PDO”.
The announcement is co-signed by the West Nicosia Goat and Sheep Breeders Group Ltd., the Limassol Goat and Sheep Breeders Group “O Poimenas” Ltd., O.P.A. Goat and Sheep Producers Group Ltd., Cyprus Goat and Sheep Breeders Affiliation, ONAP Ltd., M – P.O.A.I. Ltd., Paphos (Tseligas) Goat and Sheep Breeders Group Ltd. and Akama – Paphos Area (AP) Shepherds Group Ltd.
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