Decree on the marking of minced meat and meat preparations of the equine species. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 17, 22 January 2003. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Equine-animals Meat Packaging/labelling Internal trade Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The present Decree regulates the marking of equine meat and equine meat preparations. The labels shall bear a health stamp and an identification number as per article 1. Minced meat and meat preparations obtained from the equine species shall be packaged and marked promptly after production (art. 2). Full text Italian Website www.comune.jesi.an.it