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Agri-food, scam emergency for EU-denominated products

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From ice cream with false Piedmont IGP hazelnuts to fresh pasta filled with cheese passed off as Fontina Dop. Up to the self-styled prickly pear of San Cono, a protected designation originating in Sicily. In recent weeks, the departments of the Carabinieri Command for Agri-Food Protection have intensified sweeping checks throughout Italy, to unmask false labels and food fraud against consumers.

In the sights of the impostors there are above all the Dop products, the real engine of the made in Italy agri-food. According to the latest Ismea-Qualivita data, the Dop Economy in Italy is worth € 16.9 billion and exports worth 9.5 billion. Our country is also the European leader with the largest number of recognized Dop / Igp specialties – as many as 316 – in addition to 526 DOC and Igt wines.

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“This heritage is endangered by the epidemic of false and tarot cards, with the so-called Italian sounding which in the world now exceeds 100 billion euros”, Coldiretti denounces.

Carabinieri checks have led to several sanctions. In the province of Cremona, the owner of a dairy has been warned for referring to the Mozzarella di Bufala Campana Dop on the company website, in violation of the legislation on labeling.

Three people were reported in Parma who used “conventional” hazelnuts and lemons instead of quality branded hazelnuts and lemons, Piedmont Hazelnuts IGP and Sorrento Lemon IGP, in the production of ice cream, as stated on the label.

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