PDO and PGI represent quality systems born in Europe in order to recognize the value of particular agri-food productions.<\/p>\n
Through PDO and PGI, we intend to protect the names of products and their typical imitations<\/strong> and abuse, support different products<\/strong> and help consumers<\/strong> in choosing the food, providing information and guarantees regarding the characteristics of the same.<\/p>\n Currently, the EU legislation of reference is represented by the EU Regulation. 1151\/2012 concerning the quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs.<\/p>\n Both designations protecting products through a territorial approach<\/strong>, understood as geographical environment<\/strong>, including both natural factors (climate, environmental characteristics) and human factors<\/strong> (production techniques passed down over time, craftsmanship, know-how). Both of these dimensions allow to obtain a unique product outside a specific production area.<\/p>\n The market for PDO<\/strong> and PGI<\/strong> products is increasing, and the number of names as both value and quantity produced: this positive trend also responds to the increasing attention of consumers to search for food quality<\/strong>, authenticity and the link between product and territory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A cured meat with a DOP or IGP certification is subjected to controls throughout the supply chain, as guarantee of quality and safety for producers, but above all for consumers.<\/p>\n A first check regards the respect of the production disciplinary and is carried out by third and independent bodies, authorized by Mipaaf. It is therefore verified that the production method is respected and that the product has the characteristics required by the specification. Only at the end of the production phase, if all the requirements have been met, a product is recognized as having a DOP or IGP certification. A second level of controls takes place during the marketing phase and it is carried out both by the competent institutional corps and directly by the protection Consortia, through the activity of supervising agents recognized by the Mipaaf itself: the purpose of supervision is to verify that the certified productions respect the required requirements but above all to prevent or interrupt unauthorized use of the names by unauthorized parties (evocations, usurpations, imitations, direct or indirect non-permitted commercial uses, ..) in order to avoid damage, even of image, to PDO and PGI products and prevent the consumer from being mistaken about the true origin and nature of the products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PDO & PGI PDO and PGI represent quality systems born in Europe in order to recognize the value of particular agri-food productions. Through PDO and PGI, we intend to protect the names of products and their typical imitations and abuse, support different products and help consumers in choosing the food, providing information and guarantees regarding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1492,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/dop-igp.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-221","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n