Italian minister reveals European Parliament supermarket selling "knock-off" sauces, even selling offal!

According to a report by Italy's La Repubblica, on Tuesday (18th), Lollo Brigida posted on social media, pointing out that some products in the European Parliament's internal supermarket in Brussels might mislead consumers and harm Italy's food image. He took and uploaded photos of the shelves, showing several sauces named after classic Italian dishes but clearly far from the real Italian flavors. For example, one sauce labeled "Carbonara" even used the Italian tricolor on its packaging, misleading people into thinking it was an authentic Italian product. Lollo Brigida wrote: "Not to mention they put five-spice pork in the Carbonara (traditionally, pork jowl should be used)... All these products are terrible 'Italian Sounding' products. "It is completely unacceptable to have such things in the European Parliament's supermarket. I have already requested an immediate investigation." "Italian Sounding" refers to products that create a false impression of being made in Italy through ...