Mission
Mission and tasks of the Provolone Valpadana Protection Consortium
Protection
The reason why the Protection Consortium for Provolone Valpadana DOP cheese with a protected designation of origin exists is contained in its very name: protection.
Because this cheese, which has a very strong identity both in the Italian and European panorama, needs an authoritative and official body, the expression of the producers of the raw material (milk), the processors and the seasoners (who bring the cheese to a aged for over a year) which protects it, guarantees its consistency and excellence, and helps to make its qualities known.
Surveillance, assistance and protection
The Consortium, therefore, supervises the different phases of the life of Provolone Valpadana PDO and does so in a very rigorous way, on the specific assignment of the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies. But it does not limit itself to monitoring: with an eye towards the future and the development of the markets, it offers technical-scientific assistance to increasingly improve production technologies, both from a health and organoleptic point of view.
In practice: the Consortium is a shield that protects all players in the supply chain from any type of unfair competition. While for consumers it is a guarantee that protects against fraud, counterfeiting and related damage: economic and health.
The Consortium, established in 1975, is based in Cremona, right in the center of the production area of Provolone Valpadana DOP.
