Tomato, Serafini (Anicav): Fundamental denomination of origin of the Italian product

Published 2024년 12월 3일

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An investigation by the BBC has revealed that passata, marketed as Italian, is actually containing Chinese product in English supermarkets, due to unapproved analysis methods. Marco Serafini, president of Anicav, is working with an experimental station in Parma to develop a methodology to ensure the product can be grown in Italy. Anicav is also advocating to extend the decree that prohibits passata from being made from concentrate to a European level, to protect and promote Italian products and farmers.

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Parma - “There have been some pretty serious problems, there is a BBC investigation that however provides for the performance of analyses with an unapproved methodology (investigation on the packaging of tubes of concentrate sold as Italian but containing Chinese product, carried out by the BBC, in English supermarkets. Ed.) We are currently carrying out, together with the experimental station in Parma, a methodology that can guarantee that our product can be grown in Italy. We are creating a database to have certain data and it must be a substantial database. These analyses carried out by this Australian company do not appear to us to be certified and approved.” This is what Marco Serafini, president of Anicav, said on the sidelines of the Anicav public meeting entitled “The red thread of tomato 2024: between strategic infrastructures and the protection of Made in Italy” “At the same time we must guarantee our products, we agree that we must protect Made in Italy. We want to ...

Source: Agricolae