Agricultural and food protection is provided by law: increased sanctions.

Published Apr 16, 2026

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"Today, the Italian Parliament has approved our legislative proposal for the defense and protection of Italian agro-food heritage. There was no better way to commemorate the Made in Italy Day. This law allows us to improve transparency, better protect the health of citizens, and combat crimes in the agro-food sector, not only with increased and risk-proportionate sanctions but also by enabling our law enforcement agencies to do their job even better. This law had been lying in drawers for over ten years, and no one had ever had the courage to make it a provision. We had the courage, gathering suggestions from the association world and law enforcement agencies." "We are introducing new crimes," adds Minister Lollobrigida, "the aggravating factor of agro-piracy and sanctions proportional to the size of the companies' turnover, so that they are a real deterrent. We have also institutionalized the steering committee for an efficient..."

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"Today, the Italian Parliament approved our legislative proposal for the defense and protection of Italian agri-food heritage. There was no better way to remember the day of Made in Italy. This law allows us to improve transparency, better protect the health of citizens, and combat crimes in the agri-food sector, not only with increased and proportionate sanctions to the risks, but also by enabling our law enforcement agencies to do their job even better. This law had been lying in the drawers for over ten years and no one had ever had the courage to make it a provision. We had it, gathering suggestions from the associative world and law enforcement agencies." "We are introducing new crimes," added Minister Lollobrigida, "the aggravating factor of agro-piracy and sanctions proportionate to the size of the companies' turnover, so that they are a real deterrent. We have also institutionalized the steering committee for the streamlining of control systems and to avoid overlaps. ...
Source: myfruit.news

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