{"id":22159,"date":"2015-07-13T10:06:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=22159"},"modified":"2015-07-22T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T19:37:09","slug":"eu-begs-italy-to-lift-powdered-milk-cheese-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/eu-begs-italy-to-lift-powdered-milk-cheese-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Begs Italy to Lift Powdered-Milk Cheese Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of mozzarella made in the <em>terra madre<\/em>, no doubt the words \u201cItalian heritage,\u201d \u201cunwavering tradition,\u201d and \u201cuncomprising quality&#8221; come to mind. And of course, when we&#8217;re talking about DOP-regulated <a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/cheese-library\/Mozzarella-di-Bufala\" target=\"_blank\">Mozzarella di Bufala Campana<\/a>, we also think of <em>fresh<\/em>, rich buffalo milk: without one, you can\u2019t have the other. But if the European Union had its say, powdered milk (<em>shudder<\/em>) would be the future of this signature Italian cheese. <\/p>\n<p>In a move that Robert Moncalvo, the head of Italy\u2019s largest farming lobby group, Coldiretti, calls the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/italy\/11704323\/Italy-EU-request-for-powdered-milk-in-mozzarella-is-attack-on-cultural-heritage.html\" target=\"_blank\">umpteenth diktat from Europe<\/a>,\u201d the EU has requested that the Italian ministry of agriculture end the country\u2019s 1974 ban on using powdered and condensed milk in dairy products. It seems the EU is more concerned with the the free movement of goods than the Italian way of life. <\/p>\n<p>And if this wasn&#8217;t throwing down enough of a gauntlet, Moncalvo challenged the EU&#8217;s priorities: &#8220;The EU is uninterested and hesitates on the migrant emergency, but they use tricks and deception when it comes to lowering the bar on food quality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Obviously<\/em>, Italians are not taking this perceived insult lightly. To many, it is a question of honor and integrity. Moncalvo even calls this latest salvo on traditional artisanal food production an \u201cattack\u201d on the Italian way of life. The worry is that the EU&#8217;s position will encourage some to take shortcuts when fresh milk is scarce (for example, during spring in the Roman countryside when ewes are pregnant), and that it will also lead to price undercutting by lower-cost competitors both within Italy and in other EU-member states. <\/p>\n<p>Piero Sardo, President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slowfood.com\/sloweurope\/en\/slow-food-on-powdered-milk-in-cheese-italian-ban-must-be-kept-and-extended-to-other-eu-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity<\/a>, worries that  acquiescence to the EU would cause grave harm to &#8220;Italy\u2019s quality dairy sector, already crushed by too-low milk prices and the challenges facing those who farm in the mountains.&#8221; He&#8217;s calling on European cheesemakers to mobilize against the EU&#8217;s &#8220;absurd&#8221; position at its <a href=\"http:\/\/cheese.slowfood.com\/en\/visitors\/mountain-cheeses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheese 2015<\/a> conference in Bra, Italy, this September.<\/p>\n<p>Now who&#8217;s with him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy says, &#8220;Drop Dead!&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":9131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"coauthors":[799],"class_list":["post-22159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cheese-bites"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - 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