The concern for the is growing
Food safety, almost to touch the obsession. The Eurobarometer says it. The Nas reiterate, especially for us Italians, that we fear intoxication from mussels damaged more than the risk of terrorism. If the only way to overcome fear is knowledge, then clear, transparent and precise information on food is crucial, whether we are talking about labels, food alerts or scientific disclosure. The festival afternoon was dedicated to these different aspects of food communication. "The time of the
I guarantee you'of the peasant', he quipped
Mimmo Vita, President of the National Union of Agribusiness Journalists Associations, perhaps with a pinch of nostalgia for a lost age of innocence. "The
food scandals in recent years, such as dioxins or the 'mad cow', have undermined consumer confidence in producers and institutions, "he reiterated
Paolo Vittone of the Turin Chamber of Commerce. To find confidence and tranquility, the
Labels they are therefore the first step, the zero degree of food information. However, it is essential, and not at all obvious, to learn to read them. "On the labels there is always more information, an enormous amount of data that we can't even manage: and here training comes into play," he explained.
Walter Bertozzi, that for
certiquality deals in particular with certifying the environmental sustainability parameters of the products. But reading labels is not enough. To disentangle in the forest of information on food, it is also necessary to recognize the correct and rigorous
scientific publication from the bar talk. "Often those who talk a lot about these topics do not have the necessary preparation, while the competent figures remain isolated and speak little," said the dietician
Giorgio Calabrese during the final panel of the day. And if food, today, "is increasingly an element of culture, entertainment and society that fills reality and TV salons," as the sociologist reiterated
Massimiano Bucchi, it is also true, he pointed out
Elena Cadel of the
Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition, that "knowledge is not created by the indiscriminate accumulation of information".
