Italy: 13 tons of capers without traceability were sequestrated in the Aeolian Islands

The Carabinieri of the Nas of Catania have seized over 13 tons of untraceable capers, as part of checks in the Aeolian Islands to identify any agri-food fraud of products protected under the Dop trademark by current EU regulations. The seizure took place in a Lipari canned food industry identified among those authorized for the processing and packaging of the famous "Caper of the Aeolian Islands", a fundamental ingredient of Mediterranean cuisine. During the checks, the military focused attention on a supply of capers stored in numerous drums lacking the prescribed commercial indications. The merchant was unable to document the origin of the product and therefore the NAS proceeded to seize all the goods. The caper of the Aeolian Islands belongs to those indigenous agri-food products protected by the Protected Designation of Origin, a trademark of legal protection of the designation that is attributed by the European Union to foods whose peculiar qualitative characteristics depend ...