Nothing stops dairy companies from making a similar product and selling it, but without the "feta" name. Which is exactly what they do (you can find many "white

Nothing stops dairy companies from making a similar product and selling it, but without the "feta" name. Which is exactly what they do (you can find many "white cheese" varieties in central europe, complete with a blue/white colour theme and ancient greek geometric patterns, same with wannabe greek yoghurt). Of course they never taste the same, as they were made with milk not produced in greece, and without the generations of tradition and knowledge. Hence why the PDO makes perfect sense. In the US they sell sawdust and call it parmigiano. This is a disgrace.