The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit seeking to overturn the European Commission’s official legal designation of halloumi cheese. “Halloumi is a Cypriot cheese with a characteristic smell and taste. It is made from sheep’s or goat’s milk, or a mixture thereof, with or without cow’s milk,” the court ruled. “It has the property of not melting at high temperatures.” A coalition of Cypriot cheese makers sought to overturn the EU executive’s legal designation of halloumi, in part because it stipulates that the milk used must be mostly from either sheep or goats, with n…