Italy's farmers' union
called Monday for more protection for quintessentially Italian
foodstuffs, citing the examples of mozzarella being imported to
Italy from Poland and Dutch salad going on sale in the
lettuce-growing capital of Salerno province.
The mozzarella was made in a Polish firm for a company in
the German-speaking region of Bolzano and was due to be sent to
Florence for marketing as "fresh mozzarella," said Vittorio
Sangiorgio, president of the Coldiretti farmers' union in
Salerno province, who led a delegation of Salerno farmers
protesting at the Brenner frontier with Germany.
An entire lorryload of Dutch salad was due to cross the
Brenner frontier destined for Piana del Sele as succulent
produce of Salerno, he said.
"This is a paradoxical situation," he said, "salad produced
abroad arrives to be sold as from Salerno in the area of Europe
with the biggest salad production".
"After wine, extra virgin oil and San Marzano tomatos we
add another product to the basket of our excellent specialities
under siege by illegal trafficking".
"We are at the Brenner to reaffirm the necessity of
defending the sector from false Made in Italy products until we
obtain the indicatin of the origin of all food products, which
often come into Italy already branded as Made in Italy".
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