PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO
VACCHE ROSSE
THE BREED
PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
One Parmigiano with two protection Consortia
Officially established in 1934, the Consortium of Parmigiano-Reggiano pursues the fundamental tasks of affixing the marks of conformity with the regulations of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), of supervising the production, the trade of the product and the correct use of the marks and safeguarding against counterfeiting, and of improving the quality of Parmigiano-Reggiano in order to safeguard its typicality and peculiar characteristics.
The Consortium “Vacche Rosse” works for the promotion and the realization of activities aimed at enhancing, protecting and spreading the typical products deriving from Red Cattle. It carries out periodical controls on the production protocols, on the cows and on the organoleptic characteristics of the produced milk, promoting the creation of new production and sale points in the areas where the breed is present.