ITALY REINTRODUCES MANDATORY PRODUCTION SITE LABELLING FOR PROCESSED, PRE-PACKAGED FOODS
September 1st, 2017
ITALIAN companies must indicate the production site or packaging plant used for processed foods on the label, Italy’s Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies announced last Friday (September 15).
“The Council of Ministers approved the draft decree this morning,” a press statement noted. Food companies will be given a transitional period of 180 days to implement this measure following its publication in Italy’s Official Gazette (Gazetta Ufficiale).
Italian Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Maurizio Martina, insisted this ...
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