To prove their point in a recent dispute over the proportion of goat's, cow's, and sheep's milk in halloumi, Cypriot dairy farmers spilled 15 tons of unused milk outside of the presidential palace this past Monday. Halloumi-producing factories are refusing to accept the farmers' milk until the dispute between the Cypriot government and the EU Commission is solved, leaving tons of milk to spoil.

The 1985 prototype states that the majority of milk used in halloumi must be goat and/or sheep milk, though farmers said this has never been followed - “under the state’s tolerance” - and that the difference has been made up with cow’s milk.

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Photography sourced from the Greek Reporter