[kmlx]

> Why do you think so?

lack of competition. protectionism. etc

> I see the usefulness of avoiding companies not being based in Emilia doing a cheese that is called Parmigiano, or not based in Naples doing Bufala, or Pachino..

I should be able to create all of those anywhere on the planet. there's nothing special about Naples or Emilia, no matter how much we wish it to be true.

> I can only see positively that not anyone from China or US can just export something and claim to be something else and probably make a Parmigiano with rat poison

zero probability of this happening, but the vein of this idea is actually quite common in Europe when it comes to discussing about the US and China.

[lnxg33k1]

Meh I think lack of competition and protectionism is a good thing, there are a lot of industrial mozzarella etc that compete and not protect and they are usually cheap ingredient, cheap labour and no taste, and they all go down, probably you want competition, then buy the alcoholic beverages not being "Champagne", when I go to get something that is a DOC/DOP mark, I expect not competition but quality, yeah you can do mozzarella wherever you want, just don't call it Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP? That doesn't disallow you to produce mozzarella wherever you want, but just limits you on the kind of mark you can use on it?