Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle DOP: certified production is coming

The Apulian excellence entrusts the checks to CSQA, the leading sector certification body in Italy with 68 Geographical Indications


After the official registration at European level which took place on 10 December 2020, for the Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle PDO the approval of the control plan by the Central Inspectorate for the Protection of Quality and Fraud Repression of agri-food products of the Mipaaf arrives as the last step before the marketing of the certified product at an international level.

CSQA Certificazioni will carry out the control and certification task, under the supervision of the Mipaaf, which confirms the strong commitment to support the Italian PDO PGI supply chains in the area with the sixty-eighth controlled denomination.

A new certified excellence in support of the quality chains of Puglia which counts 63 agri-food and wine products DOP IGP STG in the regional territory, a heritage, according to the data of the Ismea-Qualivita 2020 Report, from 440 million euros to production involving around 4,300 operators . The Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle DOP, as well as being a symbolic product of the region, represents one of the great Apulian agri-food supply chains with a potential of 16,000 tons to be certified DOP , thanks to the work of over 70 dairies and 280 farmers for a potential value of turnover to the dairy close to 120 million euros (Source: ATS Treccia della Murgia).

Among the most relevant elements of the new control plan that will be applied to farms, milk collectors and dairies, there will be the control of the entire supply chain: from milk production, to its transformation up to the packaging of the finished product.

An important step for producers which will allow, on the one hand, to enhance the milk of a historical production, consolidating the presence of an important productive fabric on the territory, on the other to attack new markets, especially foreign ones, on which Puglia today exercises an important tourist attraction. The DOP will certainly be able to strengthen the commercial presence of the companies that will certify that, together with the Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle DOP product, they will be able to even more link the image to the territory of origin which in recent years has registered a strong international appeal.

“The Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle PDO represents, in the Food sector, a product of excellence that adds to the heritage of protected Italian agri-food Geographical Indications. With the approval of the Control Plan by the Mipaaf - says Pietro Bonato , CEO and General Manager of CSQA - a process that has led to the well-deserved recognition of the DOP for the Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle comes to an end. We are proud to have been chosen as a Certification Body, a phase of active collaboration is now starting with all the operators in the sector with the aim of enhancing this excellence".

"For over ten years - said Michele Zema , CSQA Sales Manager - we have been present with an office in Puglia for the growth of companies in the quality agri-food chains, providing knowledge, know-how and professionalism for products that are unique in the world such as Mozzarella di Gioia del Colle DOP".

CSQA Certifications CSQA is a leading Certification Body in the agri-food sector which carries out certification, inspection, assessment and training activities, active in the Agri-Food and Packaging, Consumer Goods, Catering, Technical and Professional Services, Information Technology, Biological, Sustainability, Forestry, Wood & Paper, Personal Services and Public Administration sectors. CSQA is the main Certification Body in Italy in the agricultural and food sector with over 68 controlled PDO, PGI, TSG products (complete list: http://bit.ly/CSQA-IG ) and tens of thousands of voluntarily certified companies.

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