Legislative Decree No. 259 implementing Commission Directive 1999/10/EC on the labelling of foodstuffs. Country/Territory Italy Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 220 of 20 September 2000, pp. 5-6. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Packaging/labelling Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Decree amends Legislative Decree No. 109 of 1992 and provides some derogation from the existing method for the labelling of foodstuff subject to specific treatment such as the addition of vitamins, concentration or dehydration. Special provision apply to ingredients used in concentrated or dehydrated form and reconstituted during manufacture may be indicated on the basis of their proportion by weight as recorded before their concentration or dehydration. (2 Articles) Full text Italian References - Legislation Implements Commission Directive 99/10/EC providing for derogations from the provisions of article 7 of Council Directive 79/112/EEC as regards the labelling of foodstuffs. Legislation | European Union | 1999 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Legislative Decree No. 109 implementing EEC Directives 89/395/CEE and 89/396/CEE concerning the labelling, packaging and advertising of foodstuffs. Legislation | Italy | 1992 (2009) Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX