“To support Italian-made products, the quality of our products and our food, safety and environmental protection on our tables and international markets, the alliance with consumers is essential. Awareness and attention also mean safety and health protection.
In this, the work and commitment of the CC Agro-food Protection Departments is fundamental to guarantee the real Made in Italy, of companies - many, most of them - who choose not to resort to counterfeiting and fraud, of workers, of citizens.
The results during the last month of the “sincere table” campaign activated throughout the national territory by the Carabinieri Command for Food Protection demonstrate with sufficient clarity the need to combat illegality on all sides to support our PDOs, to prevent that on the shelves counterfeit and health-damaging products arrive, guarantee the freshness of food in our restaurants, with the certainty that products with the correct labeling and traceability arrive on the tables. Recognized and recognizable. A timely and precious commitment that supports healthy businesses, guarantees the market, defends the health of consumers, has a positive impact on the supply chain because it tends to jeopardize cunning and illegality ".
Thus the Minister for Agricultural Policies Teresa Bellanova comments on the results during the last month of the “Safe Table” Campaign with the operations of the Agro-food Protection Department (RAC) of Turin, Parma, Rome, Salerno, Messina, following checks at 46 companies in the agri-food sector operating in the national territory that led to the seizure of 3.8 tons of foods worth over 33 thousand euros. Report 5 people. Penalties for over 98 thousand euros.