From February 25 to 28, 2013, Afidop took part for the first time to the “Gulfood” fair in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Five consortia of Italian PDO cheese were present: Asiago, Gorgonzola, Grana-Padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Pecorino-Romano.
In addition to cheese tastings and principles of the 5 present cheeses , infomation concerning all the italian PDO cheese was disseminated.
The result given by the presence of the AFIDOP stand at the Gulfood fair of Dubai has been very positive, Consortia were able to gather new contacts of restaurateurs and retailers not only from Saudi Arabia but from all over the world.
The presidents of the Consortia Gorgonzola, Renato Invernizzi and of Pecorino Romano, Gianni Maoddi, have taken part to the participating delegation.

Gulfood 2013