Made in Italy, DOP and IGP should be reviewed

Italy holds the record for the EU awards for quality food but more than 80% of their turnover is realized from the first 10 labels and other often remain confined in their native land.

These awards are reluctant to leave the boundaries of the Community and can not be known in detail even in Europe itself.

The biggest problem, now we want to report, is that the costs for the protection of certain products are superior to the value added created: for example, in fact, leaving the top ten designations of origin, such as Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosecco, Prosciutto di Parma, Gorgonzola, other products realized a minimun turnover and are burdened with more quality control and environmental protection with heavy costs.

We need a change, especially with regard to the export of certain products beyond the EU borders. Products that need to be rewarded for their undeniable excellence worldwide. In the negotiations on bilateral agreements such as the one underway with the US, it should be possible to reason on a separate international protection that rewards those brands that really are abroad. It is useless to seek special protection for small producers who may not travel outside the region of origin, which in turn should no longer be excessively oppressed by quality controls imposed by Europe, but at the practical side unnecessary.