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The Hits and Misses of Dining in 2022
When I first started to think about what my annual end of the year food retrospective would look like for 2022, I imagined I’d say something along the lines of having firmly put the pandemic behind us, bright hopes for 2023, etc…
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EU Says Iceland Cannot Call Their Feta ‘Feta’
MS Iceland Dairies (MS) will have to come up with a new name for their tart, white, cube-shaped cheese product. “Feta” is a Greek trademark, RÚV reports, and is protected by European Union law. Greek EMP Emmanouil Fragkos submitted a formal question…
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Iceland Dairies Win Injunction Against Arla “Skyr” In Finland
Iceland Dairies (MS) has won an injunction against Swedish company Arla to stop using the word “skyr” to describe one of their product lines in Finland. Kjarninn reports that Arla has until the end of the week to empty every product labeled…
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Iceland Dairies Want To Ban Swedish Company From Using “Skyr”
Iceland Dairies (MS) believes Swedish company Arla is misusing the word “skyr” to describe their “Icelandic style yogurt”, and wants them to stop it. MS filed an injunction against Arla in Helsinki last Monday, Kjarninn reports. “Skyr” is a registered trademark in…
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So Long, And Thanks For All The Cheese!
For someone who is used to having an entire aisle at their disposal when they run out of toothpaste, Icelandic grocery stores can seem, shall we say, a little mundane. As I walk through the Nóatún by my apartment, it’s easy to…