List of Italian PDO cheeses
This List of Italian PDO/DOP cheeses includes all the Italian cheeses which have protected designation of origin (denominazione di origine protetta, or DOP/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 Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, and the modifications made to it at Stockholm in 1967.
Key to acronyms Piacenza, Ravenna, Rimini Basilicata Province of Taranto Province of Matera Adige/Südtirol Moena Val di Fiemme (district) Valle di Primiero Applications have been made for DOP status in the case of the following cheeses:
