Lobby organisation
Associazione Industriali delle Carni e dei Salumi
Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Associazione Industriali delle Carni e dei Salumi appears in 20 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.
In their own words
“ASSICA, the Italian Meat Manufacturers’ Association is the National organization representing Companies active in the production of Deli Meats (either made out of pork or beef), pig slaughterhouses, Companies manufacturing other meat based products (canned meat, fats and leaf lard, etc. …) and therefore the entire industrial supply chain of the sector.”
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“The activities of ASSICA include the definition of an economic policy for the meat sector coupled with information and technical assistance to the members in a wide range of fields such as: Export to Third Countries, health and hygiene rules, economic analysis, legal affairs, negotiations with Trade Unions, B2B relations along the food and feed supply chain, Information to consumers, Animal Welfare, Nutrition. ASSICA, present in Brussels since 1992, has always paid great attention to the Community political and legislative evolutions as the food sector is almost entirely regulated at EU level. Since its foundation, in 194 (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 20 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2026 | Mario Mantovani | Geographical Indication & Denomination of origin/ Geneva Act modification |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Dario Nardella | Exchange of views on challenges, priorities and protected designations in the meat and cured meats sector |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Carlo Fidanza | legislative update |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Michele Picaro | Cardiovascular disease |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Carlo Fidanza | legislative update |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Daniele Polato | Agricolture and trade |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Carlo Fidanza | Updating |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Stefano Cavedagna | Discussion on food security and sovereignty |
| 19 May 2025 | Carlo Fidanza | legislative updates |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Carlo Fidanza | AGRI INI on “How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases”. |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Stefano Bonaccini | Meeting with Assica |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Mariateresa Vivaldini | Meeting conoscitivo |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Stefano Cavedagna | Introductory meeting |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Silvia Sardone | ENVI COMMITTEE |
| 7 Sep 2023 | Salvatore de Meo | Various |
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