Commercial pasteurization required under national food law. Direct farm sales and informal retail are widely practiced in rural areas with minimal enforcement.
Greek food safety regulations require pasteurization of fluid milk sold commercially. However, direct farm sales of raw milk, particularly raw goat and sheep milk, are widely practiced in rural areas with minimal enforcement action. Informal sales from small producers to local consumers occur across the country, particularly in agricultural regions, without a formal registration or authorization framework.
This situation is comparable to other countries where formal legal pathways for consumer raw milk sales are absent but consumer access persists through informal channels. EU Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 provides the baseline European framework.
Official government documents and legal resources for Greece
EU regulation establishing specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin, including raw milk. Provides the legal baseline for raw milk production and sales across EU member states.
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