Italian supply chain: Wine, meat, and cured meats are under attack

No to EU cuts on the promotion of wine and meat, ham and beer which affect basic components of the Mediterranean diet and Made in Italy. This is the appeal of the president of Coldiretti Ettore Prandini and the managing director of Filiera Italia Luigi Scordamaglia to the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry the Hon. Francesco Lollobrigida in reference to the discussion on 25 October of the 2024 annual work program in the scope of the EU agricultural products promotion policy. The proposal - Coldiretti and Filiera Italia denounce - implicitly discourages EU support for the promotion of foods such as red and processed meat and alcoholic beverages on the internal market. A dangerous drift in the European Union's proper commitment to protecting the health of citizens which must not, however, translate into simplistic decisions that risk unfairly criminalizing individual products regardless of the quantities consumed. Nutritional balance - specify Coldiretti and ...