Italy's Parma ham connoisseurs defend prosciutto amid processed meat scare

Oct 28, 2015 1246

by Ben Quinn and Alberto Nardelli


Being categorised by the Word Health Organisation as a cause of cancer might be bad enough, but being lumped in with English bangers and bacon has prompted a particularly outraged response from the guardian's of Italy's sacred tradition of Parma ham.

"Prosciutto di Parma isn't a processed meat or a sausage, but a product that is matured over a long period of time," the Guardian was told by a spokesperson for the Parma Ham Consortium, a 55-year-old organisation of producers who use and safeguard the traditional processing method used in what is a staple of Italian kitchen tables.

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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/

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