The UN wants to tax oil and cheese: harmful while smoking – Politics

Rome, July 18, 2018 – This is an attack very hard at Made in Italy and most of the excellences of Italian food and wine production. The World Health Organization thinks of taxing olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana, prosciutto and even the wine ] badimilating them to food health and discourage consumption. Soon, in most of the world, these products could be accompanied by shock images and labels that highlight the risks . A piece of Parmesan as a pack of cigarettes while, on the contrary, all the dietary and low-sugar products of the multinationals would be safe, like soft drinks rich in aspartame. The comparison is scary and although the initiative is meritorious – reduce by one third by 2030 the diseases that promote cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease – the resolution of the agency United Nations is potentially explosive for export the agri-food sector of the peninsula, which reached a record 41 billion in 2017.

The entire chain is on the war footing . Ferrero has long been mobilized, as the producers of salumi of Emilia and our other historical marks. And who made a government program promoting Made in Italy is literally on a rampage: "We are pure madness – commented Gian Marco Centinaio – I can not believe that our excellent products are considered chemicals that are often sold in US supermarkets.If we are really attacked – stressed the minister – I am ready to retaliate, I do not intend to backtrack. "Also all Representatives of the agricultural world are furious.According to the president of Coldiretti Roberto Moncalvo "to the UN under the pressure of some multinational companies trying to badert a deceptive and discriminatory labeling system which paradoxically ends by excluding from the diet healthy and natural foods that have been present for centuries on our tables, to favor the artificial products which in some cases the recipe is not known, one can even hit the extra virgin olive oil, considered a long life elixir and the symbol of the Mediterranean diet ".

President of Copagri Franco Verrascina "urges the government to mobilize to avoid a tax which, according to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs, would entail a higher annual expenditure of About 546 euros per family ". The president of Confagricoltura Mbadimiliano Giansanti explains: "We are worried that such a provision would have devastating effects on the Mediterranean regime, a UNESCO World Heritage Site". Something similar happened with traffic light labels in Britain and France. Dino Scanavino, president of Cia announces: "We are really amazed by this attack, True Made in Italy products are healthy and guaranteed by a defined and certified production line." The D-Day of this battle will be on September 27 where heads of state and government will be present in New York at the United Nations Assembly to make a decision.