(ANSA) - MILAN, 11 FEB - Half painted with the Italian tricolor and the other half with stars and stripes, today a form of Grana Padano Riserva aged over 20 months weighing about 40 kilos has left for Casa Bianca. chosen from the 425,566 Riserva branded in 2019. A gift from the Grana Padano Protection Consortium to the new President of the United States of America, Joe Biden.
"We want to celebrate with a small auspicious gesture - explains the president of the Consortium, Renato Zaghini - the inauguration of the new US president, Joe Biden, in the White House, which we hope will restore the excellent dialogue that has always had with a country, the States United, historically a very good friend of Grana Padano and quality Made in Italy, which unfortunately has come a little less in recent years ".
"We are confident that the advent of Biden will mark a change of course with respect to the protectionist trade policies introduced by his predecessor with the application of expensive duties to the detriment of our products - adds the general director of the Consortium, Stefano Berni - and we want to believe that more attention will be paid to prudent environmental policies, in line with the philosophy of Grana Padano ".
The Consortium represents, protects, enhances and promotes the most consumed DOP product in the world with over 5 million wheels produced annually, of which 168,000 exported to the United States in 2019 out of a total export of 2,051,125.
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