Mandatory origin in the EU on food and combating uncontrolled wildlife

From the European signature collection for the mandatory origin of all food to wildlife, through the questions still open in Europe and arriving at the debt moratorium in favor of the agricultural companies that have invested and which in the last two years have suffered the increase in interest rates and severe income problems. April 30th is the day of Coldiretti pride, with no less than 4 thousand farmers throughout Puglia who are mobilizing to meet in an assembly to build, starting from the base, the next battles that will see Coldiretti engaged in the months that will also come in view of the European elections, in the year of the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the largest agricultural association in Italy and Europe.

Today, April 30, the meeting in Bari will be at 5.00 pm at the Nicolaus Hotel with over a thousand farmers, but the farmers will also meet in the assembly in Brindisi in the Port Authority Conference Room, in Foggia in the Aula magna of the UNIFG Faculty of Economics , in Lecce at the Hotel Leone di Messapia in Cavallino in Taranto in the conference room of the Hotel Cecere in Mottola.
Yellow flags will be flying on all farms and banners will be displayed around Italy linked to requests against unfair imports, fake Made in Italy products or the request for an invasion plan which, especially in this historical period, can and must become a valid ally against climate change.
One million signatures for the origin. Collecting signatures for a popular European law to ensure transparency on the labels of all foods will be one of the main issues that farmers will face, with the abolition of the customs code for the origin of food must become a priority. It is no longer acceptable, explains Coldiretti, to witness scenes like those experienced during the Brenner mobilization, where hams, tomato paste, fruit or vegetables were seen arriving and becoming, with the latest transformation, substantial in all respects of Italian products.
April 30th will be the opportunity to relaunch the commitment to denounce to the institutions and to consumer citizens, that we cannot fail to be on the side of agricultural producers who commit every day to bringing the excellence of our territories to the tables of Italians and to stop the uncontrolled arrival of products from abroad.

Uncontrolled wildlife national emergency. Another of the main themes that will be addressed during the assemblies will, as mentioned, be that of uncontrolled wildlife, which has long become – as highlighted several times by Coldiretti – a national emergency from an agricultural and safety point of view. Wild boars and other species are devouring the work of farmers and breeders, often forced to abandon their territories. There is a lack of extraordinary regional control plans and effective regulatory tools to defend the territory from a real invasion which is putting a sector at risk if we think of what is happening with swine fever in some Italian provinces.

This is why Coldiretti has already asked for immediate intervention to stop the spread of swine fever and protect a sector which is one of the flagships of Made in Italy at the table, with a value between production and related industries of approximately 20 billion and one hundred thousand euros. jobs and with wildlife which is practically the only vector for the spread of swine fever.