Prosciutto di San Daniele Dop, the Consortium updates the rules

(ANSA) - ROME - A turnover of 330 million euros with a production that touches the 2.8 million hams in 2018; stable growth in cross-border sales, with an overall increase in double-digit exports (10%) in non-EU countries in the first six months of 2019, especially in Canada and Japan; a production chain with 3,927 farms, 116 slaughterhouses and 31 factories; a Protected Designation of Origin product that best represents Italian style.
It is the identikit of Prosciutto di San Daniele Dop, one of the best known symbols of the made in Italy food industry in the world, whose manufacturing process, the result of a tradition that has its roots between the eleventh and eighth centuries BC. C., has reached a turning point.

The news was announced in Rome by the Protection Consortium itself, which presented the new DOP production Disciplinary updated with the aim of further specifying some decisive aspects in the production of the DOP to guarantee the protection of the brand and the consumer. A result of a long process of comparison and an inter-professional working table started from 2018 by the Consortium with all the subjects that make up the supply chain to share and define more stringent parameters with a view to further improving quality. (ANSA) .