The fight against fraud Food as a weapon to protect health and the 'made in Italy'. And 'the message launched by Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin for presentation in Rome of the conference' Tackling Crime food, increase food security 'scheduled for July 9 to 10 at the Expo in Milan. To do so - said the Minister in his first public appearance after pregnancy - also need the cooperation of the consumer in the "be careful where you buy the products, in monitoring their conservation at home and then to read well the label. Remembering not to mix foods when putting in the refrigerator because they may be contaminated. "
The international event scheduled at the Expo in Milan, organized by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the General Command of the Carabinieri, will confront the issue of food security different protagonists. In Italy are the Carabinieri Nas that watch over the quality of the products that arrive on our tables. Between 2012 and the first 4 months of 2015, Nas performed 126,153 inspections of water, food, alcohol and restaurants; with 42,622 reports of non-compliance: the value of seizures amounted to 1.4 billion euro. "The Milan and 'an important opportunity to enhance the work of Nas in close collaboration with the Forestry body for preventing and combating fraud. Initiatives such as this serve to further spread this sensitivity Italian in this area," he explained the Commanding General of the Carabinieri, General Tullio Del Sette.