#52026XC02573EU approves updates to Pancetta Piacentina PDO production rules
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This notice updates the official product specification for Pancetta Piacentina PDO, an Italian protected cured meat. The changes clarify where pigs may be reared, cut and processed, which pig genetics and feeding practices are allowed, how animals must be traced, and what carcass weight rules apply. Producers, slaughterhouses, cutting plants, feed operators and control bodies in the Pancetta Piacentina supply chain will need to follow the revised rules. The label rules are also updated: products must use the PDO wording or abbreviation and the EU PDO symbol.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies pig sourcing, cutting, genetics, rearing stages, feeding rules and traceability requirements for Pancetta Piacentina PDO.
- Requires at least 50% of annual dry matter in pig feed to come from the pig-rearing geographical area.
- Updates labelling rules to allow PDO/DOP wording and require the EU PDO symbol.
Obligations
What this law requires
Pigs used for Pancetta Piacentina PDO must be reared and cut in the regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna, with cutting operations taking place within the pig-rearing area.
Only pigs meeting the revised permitted genetic-origin and breeding-cross requirements may be used for Pancetta Piacentina PDO raw material, including genetic types approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry.
Meat from boars, sows, or pigs carrying unfavourable PSS traits must not be used in the production of Pancetta Piacentina PDO.
Pig rearing for Pancetta Piacentina PDO must follow the defined chronological stages of suckling, weaning, growing and finishing, with feed and husbandry practices complying with the revised stage-specific rules.
During the suckling stage, piglets must remain in that stage for at least 28 days and may be nursed by the sow or fed milk artificially, with only permitted raw materials, supplements and additives used.