The head of the Italian canning company Mutti is calling for industrial policy protection in the EU against non-transparent tomato imports from China. Company director Francesco Mutti told the news magazine Der Spiegel: „We should stop imports or impose import tariffs of 50, 60 percent on Chinese tomatoes – to protect local producers and also to prevent those who work non-transparently from being tempted.“ The Mutti brand is also one of the most popular suppliers of preserved tomato products in Germany.