(ANSA) Rome, March 18 - Traditional Roman Pajata made from
the intestines of an unweaned calf is back on Italian menus
after the EU lifted restrictions imposed in 2001 in the face of
Mad Cow disease (Bse), the Coldiretti farmers' union said
Wednesday.
The EU's permanent committee on vegetable and animal
foodstuffs in Brussels voted Tuesday night to life the
restrictions given that there have been no new cases of bce
since 2009, Coldiretti president Roberto Moncalvo said, calling
it "an important result for consumers, restaurants, cooks,
butchers and farmers".
Moncalvo also hailed the "decisive commitment of the Health
Ministry" in the decision.
Coldiretti ladies celebrated the ruling Wednesday morning
by cooking a massive pot of steaming, pungent Pajata in the
union's headquarters at Palazzo Rospigliosi.
To make pajata, traditionally eaten with rigatoni pasta, the
intestines are cleaned and skinned, but the chyme is left
inside. Then the intestine is cut in pieces 20 - 25 cm long,
which are bound together with white thread, forming rings.
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