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Food and Politics

Food and Politics

How TTIP Will Damage Italian PDO Products

Imitation products and fakes weight down on Italy’s possibility to export its products. As the USA don’t want PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) laws to be involved, the delicate matter of Free Trade agreements is being discussed. Between full-on fake products and the phenomenon known as “Italian sounding” (where products or brands are named to resemble

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Food and Politics UK Food imports

Importing Parma Ham in the USA is Now Much Easier

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that starting May 28th 2013, importers are free to import cured pork products from some regions of Italy. This is after a ban that lasted many years prompted by the fear that pork products from Italy could potentially contain swine vascular disease. The announcement was made after

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Food and Politics

Food Piracy: The Phenomenon Of The Italian Sounding Food Products

Six millions euros per hour: that’s the amount of the made in Italy turnover loss – as reported by Confagricoltura – caused by the so-called “Italian sounding” whose images, names and colours imitate the Italian products, but actually having nothing to do with the original made in Italy quality, culture and traditions. The phenomenon is

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