Fight against fat and salt "They seriously affect health." But no & # 39; label for Parmesan

HAM Parma and Parmigiano Reggiano like cigarettes. The fear was that these products can be found with many & # 39; pictures with & # 39; inscription: "Harmless to health". And similar concerns have arisen for pizza, wine and & # 39; oil & # 39; olive, in the operating framework & # 39; a policy of & # 39; UN and & # 39; WHO against foods saturated fat, salt, sugar and against the & # 39; alcohol and tobacco, to reduce consumption and prevent NCDs. We talk about diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and tumors. But in the end, diplomatic sources of the Glbad Palace, it appeared that the meeting of the & # 39; United Nations General Assembly on 27 September on these diseases would end with a political declaration to be adopted by consensus, on which negotiations are ongoing. It n & # 39; there would be no resolution and a vote on the & # 39; hypothesis & # 39; higher taxes and the & # 39; application & # 39; dissuasive images on these products made in Italy.

all started from & # 39; a report last June, "Time To Deliver", where L & # 39; WHO presented a series of possible recommendations to countries to reduce the & # 39; negative impact of these foods and better regulation, among which does not mention higher taxation, with the & # 39; exception of & # 39; alcohol and tobacco, as an earlier proposal on sugary soft drinks and carbonated

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nutritionist in the document, which refers to salt reduction also setting levels in food and through campaigns & # 39; information in the media, the products made in Italy are not explicitly mentioned, but according to a survey by Il Sole 24 ore, the & # 39; excellence of Italian food p foods like Parmesan, ham, oil & # 39; extra virgin olive. All this for the number of deaths due to noncommunicable diseases d & # 39; a third party & # 39; 2030

An event that sparked an immediate reaction this morning the Minister of & # 39; Agriculture, Gian Marco Centinaio. If c & # 39; s the case, "we are pure madness" They think that products like Coca Cola and others are good for health and then they condemn us parmesan or other products of Italian cuisine and wine. said Centinaio

Even the & # 39; food industry criticized the & # 39; hypothesis & # 39; a measure of & # 39; UN in this direction. For the & # 39; intermediate d & # 39; Assica, the & # 39; Industrial Association of meat and sausage, he recalled that & # 39; "it n & # 39; there is no good and bad foods when promotes a moderate and varied diet, as suggested by the Mediterranean diet itself. " In a tweet president Federalimentare Luigi Scordamaglia complains of the risk of & # 39; warning of & # 39; packaging on Italian productions: "Parmesan, ham, pizza and oil seriously affect health, such as .. a cigarette #OMS #ONU and declare war on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases with an instrumental and unacceptable attack "

It should be noted that even if a resolution of & # 39; UN was adopted in this direction, a standard in Italy n & # 39; would not have been automatically adopted obligation to remember the national governments. "A resolution of this type, although & # 39; it n & # 39; not imply the & # 39; reception obligation by Member States, – noted in the morning the president of Copagri Franco Verrascina – would cause considerable damage to the & # 39; image of & # 39; agribusiness in fact, just think what could be affected would be the wine, & # 39; oil & # 39; olive, Parmigiano Reggiano and Parma ham, symbolic products of Made in Italy, known and appreciated worldwide "[19659005]