By Isla Binnie

The home of Parma ham, trumpeting the benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet, is urging consumers not to get into a prosciutto panic after a warning that processed meat can cause cancer. Italian food and farming groups responded indignantly to the World Health Organization (WHO) report that put cured meats, such as ham, sausage and salami, together with asbestos and tobacco on a list of carcinogens.

"No to meat terrorism, the Italian stuff is the healthiest," agricultural association Coldiretti said in a statement, crediting the country's diet for one of the highest life expectancies in the world – 80 years for men and 85 for women.

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