Prices of staple food products - including bread, butter and other dairy products - have increased sharply as local producers try to cover costs that have been
Dairy production giants Benna fought against traditional ġbejna makers’ efforts to have their beloved cheeselets protected across the EU, it is being claimed in court.
The
Xirka Produtturi Nagħaġ u Mogħoż, an association of sheep and goat herders, claim that their efforts to have the delicacy recognised were met with objections from the island’s largest dairy producer.
The documents, backed up by official minutes of consultation meetings seen by
Times of Malta, suggest a David and Goliath contest over the type and origin of milk used.
Had the traditional sheep herders won, the small rounds of cheese would only be called ġbejna if they were made of milk from Maltese sheep.