The Caffarel firm "acknowledges the significance of the Turin Giandujotto Committee's initiative aimed at improving the recognizability of one of the most distinctive products of the Turin confectionery tradition by introducing a protected geographical indication. As a result, it has never rejected the PGI proposal and has always been dedicated to finding a value accord." The chocolate-manufacturing company specified this in a note, intervening on the topic of the protection of the Piedmontese confectionery specialty, which the Piedmont Region drew to the attention of the European Commissioner for Agriculture yesterday. A few days ago, during the 'Cioccolat' exhibition in Turin, Antonio Borra, the secretary of the Giandujotto committee, accused Lindt of resisting the PGI and, in reality, impeding the process of obtaining recognition.
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