Italy: Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, the Slovenian government would like to circumvent the European protection regulations

The Slovenian government would like to circumvent the European regulations for the protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena by asking the European Commission - through a national technical regulation - to “standardize” the denomination of balsamic vinegar. This means that any blend of wine vinegar can be sold as balsamic vinegar. "We are therefore faced with a direct attack on the European quality agri-food system", the Balsamic Vinegar Consortium of Modena, which accuses this ploy of the Slovenian government as an "illegitimate operation and in contrast with the community regulations that protect PDO and PGI and regulate the system of labeling and consumer information ". "We find ourselves - comments the president of the Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI Mariangela Grosoli - once again facing a situation that risks damaging not only the Balsamic Vinegar of Modena sector but the whole ...