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th # 72 •novemBER 16 , 2015 production area (origin of the milk/processing/cheese making and maturation) is in fact classified as a mountain area and the cheese is produced throughout the year. This wording must be on a blue background on the label. compliance with the spe- and the consortium for the cific Castelmagno requi- protection of Castelmagno cheese was establirements. shed by its producers on For greater “consumer 19 June 1984. The cheese protection”, the Castelma- subsequently also receigno Consortium and the ved PDO recognition. production companies are subject to inspections The product by the Istituto Nord Ovest Castelmagno DOP beQualità (INOQ), an in- longs to the category of spection body respon- veined cheeses or blue sible for ensuring com- cheeses. The term “veipliance with the cheese ning” refers to the chaproduction requirements racteristic presence of and which authorises com- special moulds of the Pepanies to use the mark of nicillium genus in the paste of the cheese. Castelorigin. magno DOP can display Castelmagno obtained the additional indication DOC recognition in 1982, “Mountain Product”: its 50 | WE THE ITALIANS www.wetheitalians.com If, however, it is produced in the period from May to October at an altitude of over 1,000 metres, in the mountain areas of the municipalities included in the production area, and complies with an exact list of strict production rules, it can also bear the indication “Alpine”. In this case, the wording must appear on a green background. The local area Castelmagno DOP can only be produced and matured in the administrative territory of the municipalities of Castelmagno, Pradleves and Monterosso Grana, in the province of Cuneo. The milk for the cheese making must also come from the same area.