Grana is only Padano, the new sentence

Once again a ruling protects the protected designation of origin Grana Padano in its indissoluble uniqueness. The Court of Venice, to which the Grana Padano Protection Consortium had to turn for the repeated illicit use of the term Grana by the Brazzale company, used in communication to indicate the hard cheese produced by the company in the Czech Republic, in fact accepted in the theses supported by the Consortium are full. “As always supported by the Consortium, thanks also to the decision of the EU Court of Justice in 2007, the term Grana, among cheeses, is exclusively associated with Padano. Therefore Grana is only Padano” underlines Stefano Berni, general manager of the Consortium. Any attempt to call Grana a similar cheese constitutes an illegal evocation of the Grana Padano PDO, as well as unfair competition for professional misconduct, the Venetian Court ruled in the provision of May 25, 2022, of which the Protection Consortium was made aware today, June 9. “We welcome the sentence with great satisfaction – comments the General Manager – noting, moreover, that whenever the Consortium is induced to take legal action to protect the Grana Padano Dop denomination, it always finds reason in the Courts to which it must be addressed”. it is the most consumed PDO product in the world, with over 5.2 million wheels produced in 2021. “So it is a product that enjoys great success among Italian and foreign consumers and for this reason it is too often imitated or subject to protracted actions to confuse different and less valuable products with Grana Padano – concludes Berni -. But like Grana Padano there is only Grana Padano “.