List of Italian PDO cheeses

This List of PDO Italian cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status under European Union regulations.

Prior to 1996 when the PDO system came into operation, many Italian cheeses were regulated under a Denominazione di Origine (DO) system, which arose out of the 1951 Stresa Conference and was established under the Italian law 125/54. These appellations of origin were recognized in a number of European countries with which Italy had bilateral agreements. (The international framework of recognition was further developed—and extended from cheese to include other agricultural products—by the Lisbon Convention of 1958, and the modifications made to it at Stockholm in 1967, and by the TRIPS accord of 1994.)

All of the existing “DO” cheeses were registered by the EU as “PDO” cheeses during the course of 1996.

The following table indicates for each cheese the year in which it acquired DO status (where applicable), the year of PDO registration and the approximate area within which the regulations permit it to be produced.

Key to acronyms

;DO :Denominazione di Origine (Appellation of Origin);DOP :Denominazione di Origine Protetta (PDO, or Protected Designation of Origin);DPR :Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica (Presidential Decree);DPCM :Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio (Prime-ministerial Decree);PDO :Protected Designation of Origin

ee also

*List of Italian cheeses

Notes

References

*Useful sources for the dates of recognition and copies of the production regulations for many of these cheeses include:
** [http://www.milkonline.com/fiera/cheese/disciplinari/disciplinari.htm www.milkonline.com, "Disciplinari - DOP - IGP"]
** [http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/formaggiitaliaDOP.htm www.formaggio.it, "Formaggi Italiani DOP e STG"]