Asiago PDO cheese is and will remain, Italian, without any non-certified clones with the same name. The same goes for Parmigiano Reggiano PDO and Mortadella Bologna PGI. Thanks to a coordinated operation between the protection Consortia and the Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti, the assault by the US Consortium of Common Food Names, which tried to register the trademarks “Asiago”, “Parmesan”, and “Bologna” in the Official Gazette of Chile, has been rejected.

The EU Commission denounced the registration of the trademarks in the name of protecting Geographical Indications. The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski said, “The Commission has informed the producer groups concerned and the competent national authorities inviting them to submit a formal objection.