Recognizing The Paphos Sausage

A PAPHOS butcher, his brother and two other village butchers have applied for EU recognition of Paphos sausages, which they say are unique.

Leonidas Kolios of Kolios butchery and delicatessen in Paphos, his brother Marios Kolios of Kolios winery in Statos-Ayios Fotios, and two local butchers from the same area, Costas Charalambous and Vangelis Alexandrou, have applied for a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) for “Pafitiko Loukaniko” from the EU.

A PGI is open to agricultural products which must be produced, prepared or processed within the geographical area and have a reputation, features or certain qualities attributable to the area

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