Made in Italy: The snatching of balsamic vinegar costs 1 billion

The unacceptable theft of the name of balsamic vinegar by Slovenia puts at risk a billion euros of consumer value and represents an attack on the entire system of quality Made in Italy. This is what Coldiretti denounces in commenting on the Slovenian government's decision to enact a regulation by which any mixture of wine vinegar with concentrated must can be called and sold as "balsamic vinegar". A choice, moreover already notified to the European Commission, which goes against - Coldiretti points out - the current community regulations that protect PDO and PGI and govern the labeling and consumer information system. Together with balsamic vinegar, the entire system of quality Made in Italy is therefore under attack and the same primacy of Italy which has 312 Dop / Igp / Stg specialties recognized at community level, in addition to 526 Doc / Docg and Igt wines. But the Slovenian initiative also risks swelling the international market for fake made in Italy, which already bills ...