Mafia-themed food products sold abroad are unacceptable, say Italian farmers
Italy's largest farmers' association is waging a battle against the 'scandalous' use of mafia terms to sell a variety of food and drink products around the world, from whiskey Cosa Nostra with Chilli Mafia tomato sauce.
Coldiretti undertook a thorough investigation and also discovered that nearly 300 restaurants beyond Italy had names on the mafia theme including El Padrino in Spain, Don Corleone in Finland, Burger Mafia in Germany, Falafel Mafia in USA and Nasi Goreng Mafia in Indonesia.
Alessandro Apolito , branch manager at Coldiretti, said the most shocking find was a machine-gun-shaped whiskey bottle produced in Scotland called Cosa Nostra Shot.
"C' it's outrageous to think that anyone could buy something like this, even if it's just for fun nter," Apolito said. "For us, joking about things as serious as the mafia is unacceptable."
He said mafia-themed marketing has not only caused incredible damage in the image and genuine products of Italy, but was extremely offensive to innocent Italians who died or suffered at the hands of the country's notorious criminal organizations.
Coldiretti staged an exhibition in December in the Sicily city of Palermo, where mafia organization Cosa Nostra is behind some of the food and drink collected around the world, including Chilli Mafia, a sauce made in the UK , Mafia Coffee and Il Padrino wine.
"Continuing to associate Italy with these Mafia stereotypes and criminality is very damaging to the image of the country", a- he declared. "But the most important problem is that it is an offense for the victims of the Mafia, because hundreds of innocent people have been killed by the Mafia or suffer from its criminality. In Palermo, in particular, it There was a strong sense of outrage at this nonsensical marketing. There are millions of Sicilians who are honest and law abiding but fall victim to this criminal scourge. and small shops around the world or sold online, were obsolete.
"Very often they use a n Italian flag on an outdated product," Apolito said. "Not only do these products take away shelf space from authentic Italian products, but it's a huge economic cost to our food industry."
Spain hosts the most (63) themed restaurants and bars mafia, followed by Ukraine, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, India, Japan, Poland and the United States.
Although there are agreements of the EU for its...
Italy's largest farmers' association is waging a battle against the 'scandalous' use of mafia terms to sell a variety of food and drink products around the world, from whiskey Cosa Nostra with Chilli Mafia tomato sauce.
Coldiretti undertook a thorough investigation and also discovered that nearly 300 restaurants beyond Italy had names on the mafia theme including El Padrino in Spain, Don Corleone in Finland, Burger Mafia in Germany, Falafel Mafia in USA and Nasi Goreng Mafia in Indonesia.
Alessandro Apolito , branch manager at Coldiretti, said the most shocking find was a machine-gun-shaped whiskey bottle produced in Scotland called Cosa Nostra Shot.
"C' it's outrageous to think that anyone could buy something like this, even if it's just for fun nter," Apolito said. "For us, joking about things as serious as the mafia is unacceptable."
He said mafia-themed marketing has not only caused incredible damage in the image and genuine products of Italy, but was extremely offensive to innocent Italians who died or suffered at the hands of the country's notorious criminal organizations.
Coldiretti staged an exhibition in December in the Sicily city of Palermo, where mafia organization Cosa Nostra is behind some of the food and drink collected around the world, including Chilli Mafia, a sauce made in the UK , Mafia Coffee and Il Padrino wine.
"Continuing to associate Italy with these Mafia stereotypes and criminality is very damaging to the image of the country", a- he declared. "But the most important problem is that it is an offense for the victims of the Mafia, because hundreds of innocent people have been killed by the Mafia or suffer from its criminality. In Palermo, in particular, it There was a strong sense of outrage at this nonsensical marketing. There are millions of Sicilians who are honest and law abiding but fall victim to this criminal scourge. and small shops around the world or sold online, were obsolete.
"Very often they use a n Italian flag on an outdated product," Apolito said. "Not only do these products take away shelf space from authentic Italian products, but it's a huge economic cost to our food industry."
Spain hosts the most (63) themed restaurants and bars mafia, followed by Ukraine, Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, India, Japan, Poland and the United States.
Although there are agreements of the EU for its...
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