National legislation

This Legislative Decree establishes: (a) the minimum control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease of whatever type of virus; and (b) certain preventive measures aimed at increasing awareness and preparedness of the competent authorities and the farming community for...

By way of implementation of Directive 2006/30/EC, this Decree amends Decree of 27 August 2004 in order to update the maximum residue limits to be applied to certain active substances of phytosanitary products which are present in products destined to human or animal consumption. ...

This Ministerial Decree lays down the Code of Good Oenological Practices. The main aim of the Code is to prevent and reduce as far as possible the presence of ocratoxin A in vine products. ...

By way of implementation of Directive 2004/14/EC, there are hereby laid down amendments and addenda to Ministerial Decree of 1973 concerning the hygiene requirements of packages, containers and tools destined to come into contact with food or substances for personal use. The amendments concern the materials...

This Decree has been adopted pursuant to Directive 2003/114/EC, which amends Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. Foodstuffs not complying with the requirements hereby prescribed shall not be placed on the market. In compliance with the provisions laid down in the Directive...

Pursuant to the provisions contained in Directives 2004/1/EC, 2004/13/EC and 2004/19/EC, this Decree, on the basis of new information which has been acquired, updates Ministerial Decree of 21 March 1973 concerning the hygiene requirements of packages, containers and tools destined to come into contact with food...

By way of implementation of Commission Directive 2005/5/EC, this Decree establishes the methods to be applied to carry out the sampling for the official control of the levels of ochratoxin A in foodstuffs. ...

The sampling for the official control of the levels of benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs must be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the annexes attached to this Decree. ...

By way of implementation of Directive 2005/4/EC, the present Decree lays down certain amendments to Decree of 5 March 2003 concerning the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffs. ...

This Legislative Decree establishes the penalties that shall be applied at the national level in case of violation of articles 18, 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002, which sets out the principles and requirements of food law and food safety. ...

In implementation of Directives 2003/89/EC, 2004/77/EC and 2005/63/EC, this Legislative Decree lays down some amendments to Legislative Decree No. 109 of 1992 concerning the labelling, packaging and advertising of foodstuffs. The amendments regard the indication of the ingredients present in foodstuffs. ...

In compliance with Directive 2003/74/EC, this Decree prohibits the use in stockfarming of certain substances which have a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists. Drugs containing the substances hereby prohibited, however, may be used in animals for therapeutic purposes, under the conditions specified in article...

By way of implementation of article 9 of Legislative Decree No. 169 of 2004, there are hereby established general criteria and technical requirements to be met in the issue of authorizations for the production and packaging of food supplements. ...

By way of implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1493/1999, this Act lays down provisions concerning the common organization of the market in wine. The rules concern requirements to be met by musts and wine products, with particular regard to alcoholic strength, oenological practices and processes,...

There is hereby approved the Regulation implementing article 17 of Regional Act No. 11 of 2005, with respect to the sampling and analysis methods for the official control of the levels of patulin in foodstuffs. ...

This Regional Act provides for the establishment of rural districts, which aim at the promotion and improvement of local agricultural production and at the protection of the landscape and the environment. A development plan shall be drawn up for each rural district. ...

Decree of 21 March 1973 concerning the hygiene requirements of packages, containers and tools destined to come into contact with food or substances for personal use is hereby supplemented by inserting new article 13 bis, which allows the use of certain plastic containers and tools, under...

Decree of 23 December 2000 and Decree of 31 May 2003 are hereby supplemented by inserting new provisions applicable to sampling and analysing methods for the official control of the levels of aflatoxin and ochratoxin A in food for infants and young children. ...

By way of implementation of Directive 2004/44/EC, this Decree supplements Decree of 23 July 2003 by inserting new provisions concerning the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs. ...

The maximum residue limits to be applied to certain active substances of phytosanitary products which are present in products destined to human or animal consumption, established by Ministerial Decree of 27 August 2004, shall be replaced and supplemented by those set out in the present Decree....