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Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) PDO
Prosciutto Toscano
Parameters
- Scheme
- PDO
- Country
- Italy
- Status
- Registered
- Registered
- 21/06/1996
- File number
- PDO-IT-1494
- Class
- 1.2. Meat products (cooked, salted, smoked, etc.)
eAmbrosia, the EU geographical indications register, entry EUGI00000013374. Retrieved 2026-09-04. Register entry
Prosciutto Toscano is protected across the European Union as a protected designation of origin. What that means in practice is that a document exists - the product specification - which fixes the area it may be made in, the raw material it may be made from and the method that may be used, and that a name outside those bounds may not be used on a label.
A protected designation of origin is the stricter of the two schemes. Every stage of production has to happen in the defined area.
Customs classification
16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
Legal instrument
Official Journal L 148, 21.06.1996
Publications
| Reference | Date |
|---|---|
| Official Journal L 148, 21.06.1996 | 1996-06-21 |
| Official Journal L 163, 02.07.1996 | 1996-07-02 |
| Official Journal C 322, 30.12.2009 | 2009-12-30 |
| Official Journal L 233, 03.09.2010 | 2010-09-03 |
| Official Journal L 302, 13.11.2013 | 2013-11-13 |
| Official Journal C, C/2025/2768, 15.5.2025 | 2025-05-15 |
Recognised producer group
Producer group
- Name
- Consorzio del Prosciutto Toscano
- Address
- Via Giovanni dei Marignolli, 21/23 50127 - FIRENZE
As recorded in the register. The producer group is the body that filed and maintains the product specification. Its contact address is published in the register entry rather than reproduced here.
Product classes this name belongs to
What this page does not have
The register records that a specification exists and where it was published. It does not publish the specification text through its API, so this site does not reproduce salting times, ageing minimums or any other production parameter for this product. Those are in the filed document, reachable through the publications above.
Buying prosciutto
Not the protected designation
Nothing sold on Amazon carries the name Prosciutto Toscano. What is linked below is prosciutto, the product class this designation is a variety of. It is not Prosciutto Toscano and it is not covered by the specification filed under PDO-IT-1494. Everything above this line describes a legal claim; the product below makes no part of it.
Prosciutto is simply the Italian word for ham, and on its own it is a description rather than a claim. What carries the claim is the protected name after it: Parma, San Daniele, Toscano, Modena, Veneto Berico-Euganeo, Carpegna. Each of those is a designation of origin, which is the stricter of the two EU schemes and requires every stage of production to happen inside the defined area.
What to read on the label. Look for the protected name and the EU designation mark, not for the word prosciutto, which any dry ham may use.
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Listing
Ferrarini Prosciutto di Parma DOP - Authentic Italian Cured Ham, Sliced 1 lb (4 x 4 oz Packs)
- Lowest new, checked 2026-09-04
- $62.00
- Brand
- Ferrarini
- ASIN
- B0FJSHDZR8
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