Enter your search terms Submit search form

Web tangoitalia.com

 

Italy DOC & IGP denominations

SeeItaly.org Small group tours in Italy.   Freelance jobs View 100's of properties to find Property In Italy including Calabria Property For Sale and Property In Puglia for investment opportunities in Italy.

DOC and IGP       To safeguard the typicalness of some food products, the European Union has passed precise norms by establishing two levels of recognition: DOC and IGP, through which it aims at safeguarding the product names and their typicalness from any imitations and abuses, and supporting different productions and helping consumers in choosing food products by supplying information and guarantees with regards to their features.           What is the DOC     The acronym DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata - Protected Designation of Origin) extends the safeguard of the national DOC mark (Controlled Designation of Origin) to the entire European territory and, through the GATT (General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade) terms, to the entire world. The DOC mark designates a product, originating from a region and a country, whose qualities and features are essentially or exclusively due to the geographical environment (where environment refers both to natural and to human factors alike). Production, processing and finishing of the product must take place in the relevant limited area complying with a clearly defined traditional recipe.           What is the IGP     The acronym IGP (Indicazione Geografica Protetta - Protected Geographical Indication) introduces a new level of qualitative safeguards that takes the industrial development of the sector into account, by attributing more importance to production techniques with respect to territorial restrictions. Therefore, the acronym identifies a product originating from a region or a country, and whose quality, reputation, recipe and characteristics can be traced back to its geographical origin, and of which at least one production and/or processing phase must take place in the designated zone of production.           A Guarantee for Consumers     Both European Community recognitions represent a guarantee for consumers, who know, in this way, that they are buying quality foods that must comply with specific requirements and that are produced in abidance with precise regulations. Compliance is assured by specific control bodies, that are duly authorised by the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies. The two marks represent a safeguard for producers themselves with respect to possible imitations and unfair competition. There are 28 Italian charcuterie products that have been given the longed-for European DOC and IGP recognitions and they represent almost 45% of the entire European meat product heritage, which is evidence of the fact that Italy is the country with the widest range of prestigious and quality charcuterie products.           Italian Charcuterie Products Bearing the DOC Mark     Prosciutto di Parma Prosciutto di San Daniele Prosciutto di Modena Prosciutto Veneto Berico-Euganeo Prosciutto di Carpegna Prosciutto Toscano Salame di Varzi Salame Brianza Salame Piacentino Culatello di Zibello Jambon de Bosses (Val d'Aosta) Lard d'Arnad (Val d'Aosta) Coppa Piacentina Pancetta Piacentina Soppressata di Calabria Capocollo di Calabria Salsiccia di Calabria Pancetta di Calabria Salamini Italiani alla Cacciatora Sopressa Vicentina           Italian Charcuterie Products Bearing the IGP Mark     Speck dell'Alto Adige Bresaola della Valtellina Prosciutto di Norcia Mortadella Bologna Zampone Modena Cotechino Modena Salame d'Oca di Mortara Lardo di Colonnata Courtesy of Istituto Valorizzazione Salumi Italiani IVSI http://www.salumi-italiani.it (c) 1997-2008 E. Massetti TangoItalia - Food Wine Travel in Italy - Home