First TC Dairy Products Maker Receives PDO

Gülgün Süt Mamülleri Limited is the first Turkish Cypriot milk and dairy products maker to receive the protected certificate of origin (PDO), Yeniduzen reports.The Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry announced that the dairy products company had received the (PDO) certificate under the EU quality programme and had the right to use the Halloumi/Hellim name.Bureau Veritas, the internationally accredited organisation, authorised to carry out relevant official inspections throughout Cyprus, conducted its first inspection in the Turkish Cypriot community in February this year and assessed that the first producer from the Turkish Cypriot community had complied with the requirements set out in the PDO product specification. In the south, some halloumi producers have already been granted PDO certification.