Food Wars: Who Owns Hummus?
Fadi Abboud, president of the Lebanese Industrialists Association, is accusing Israel of stealing traditionally Middle Eastern dishes like hummus. He plans to file a lawsuit to stop Israel from marketing hummus and other dishes as Israeli.
Abboud says the lawsuit will be based on a 2002 precedent wherein Greece won exclusive rights to use the name feta in the European Union after a long court case over he cheese with Denmark.
Hummus war looms between Lebanon and Israel [International Herald Tribune]
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