After more than a year of labor and broken promises, as well as a lot of work still to be done, there are several unknowns about the food in Italy. We are not just talking about the protection of tradition, which could be affected, but also about necessary innovations and also about protecting the present.
If we are moving more and more towards a globalization of food raw materials, this does not mean that we must always try to guarantee a high quality level, using ingredients and foods that only Italy can offer.
Precisely for this reason, innovation is fundamental, inventions, which can be able to rediscover forgotten flavors, while also guaranteeing food safety, which is fundamental these days.
Food-health correlation
Without a shadow of a doubt what we can say, by now, is that it has been ascertained by the various scientific studies carried out in recent years as between health and food there is a very close correlation. In particular, it is essential to safeguard agricultural and animal production. And here we touch a sore point as regards the current world situation; yes, because the recent selection of plants and animals is far below the minimum standard required to feed the world population.
On the other hand, only 10 thousand years ago the world was inhabited by just over 4 million inhabitants, today it has over 6 billion and by 2050 about 10 billion are expected. This makes it clear how it is increasingly difficult to satisfy food needs, guaranteeing the quality of what is proposed. The Online HACCP course it helps to clarify these aspects and many others concerning food production, and catering in general.
Not a modern Italian model?
Some experts in the sector consider the Italian model not particularly modernized. In fact, it is the European model itself that is backward, particularly as regards the forecasts of what should be ensured for future generations. We are talking about a model stopped several years ago, which does not guarantee adequate economic and qualitative development.
Recall that the Mediterranean cuisine it is a UNESCO heritage site, but this is becoming less and less traditional and increasingly based on the import of foreign raw materials and semi-finished products. In fact, the Italian tradition, slowly, is in danger of abandoning its roots, and becoming part of a mechanism greater than itself.
Future predictions
It could be that the future, at least this seems to be the direction, is oriented towards exotic foods that have always had a particular charm and that can catch the attention of all sections of the population. It almost seems that the pandemic is making us forget what a huge problem is, namely the poor reproducibility of raw materials and environmental resources, now nearing the end.
And without a doubt pollution so high towards which the world is heading, with the use of pesticides, masks, and so on, will only accentuate a profound crisis linked to climate change, which affects, as we know, our agriculture.
In short, it is clear that we will have to take the situation in hand and change things.
