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Associazione Industriali delle Carni e dei Salumi

Acronym: ASSICA

General Information

Identification Code: 67143036814-95
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Entity Form: Professional organization
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 9/28/2011
Last Update: 2/19/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: ASSICA, the Italian Meat Manufacturers’ Association is the National organization representing Companies active in the production of Deli Meats (either made out of pork or beef), pig slaughterhouses, Companies manufacturing other meat based products (canned meat, fats and leaf lard, etc. …) and therefore the entire industrial supply chain of the sector. The activities of ASSICA include the definition of an economic policy for the meat sector coupled with information and technical assistance to the members in a wide range of fields such as: Export to Third Countries, health and hygiene rules, economic analysis, legal affairs, negotiations with Trade Unions, B2B relations along the food and feed supply chain, Information to consumers, Animal Welfare, Nutrition. ASSICA, present in Brussels since 1992, has always paid great attention to the Community political and legislative evolutions as the food sector is almost entirely regulated at EU level. Since its foundation, in 194 (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Borders and security
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Customs
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • External relations
  • Food safety
  • Fraud prevention
  • Institutional affairs
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: At present, at EU level, the priorities of the association focus mainly on: - "Farm to Fork" strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system - Food information to consumers (Reg 1169/2011) - Nutrition and health claims made on foods (Reg 1924/2006); - Official controls (Reg. 625/2017) - Animal Health law (Reg. 2016/429) - Food ingredients; - Hygiene package (Reg 852 & 853/2004) - Quality policy (Reg 1151/2012) - Unfai Commercial Practices Directive (2019/633) - Free Trade Agreements Food safety - both finished products and raw materials – and on commercial policies, able to guarantee the effective implementation of the internal market principles on one side, and new and increasing opportunities to penetrate third countries markets on the other. The two issues mentioned above, along with other issues such as quality policies, represent both sides of the same project and of the same entrepreneurial vision, aimed at satisfying the consumer’s needs and expectations of protection.
Communication Activities: The association has been publishing a monthly House Organ, titled “L’INDUSTRIA DELLE CARNI E DEI SALUMI” (THE MEAT INDUSTRY), for over than fifty years, and is directly involved in the editorial line, in the selection of the contents and in the various phases of making and distribution.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: V.le Milanofiori, Strada 4 Palazzo Q 8
Post Code: 20089
City: Rozzano
Country: ITALY
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EU Office

Address: Av de la Joyeuse Entrée 1
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: The member COMPANIES of ASSICA can be found at the following link: https://www.assica.it/it/aziende-associate.php
Organisation Members: Expertise, cooperation skills and professional reliability are as well guaranteed by the participation in various Federations, both on national and European level. Since its establishment, in 1946, ASSICA. has always been characterised by the strong spirit of association, as testified by its membership in: • Confindustria, joined since its birth; • Federalimentare, Italian food federation, of which is a founding member; • Clitravi, liaison centre for the meat processing industries in the EU, which has founded in 1957, together with the French and Belgian associations; • IVSI – Istituto Valorizzazione Salumi Italiani, a voluntary-based Consortium established in 1985 with a view to enhance the image of Italian processed meat products abroad and promote their development on the different marketplaces; • C.R.P.A – Centre Research Animal Productions;