Legislative Decree No. 28 implementing EEC Directives Nos. 89/662/CEE and 90/425/CEE concerning veterinary checks on live animals and animal products applicable to intracommunity exchanges.

Subject

Food & nutrition, Livestock

Keyword

Internal trade Food quality control/food safety Hygiene/sanitary procedures Animal production Animal feed/feedstuffs Animal by-products Marking/identification

Geographical area

Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Abstract

The Decree applies only to the products and animals listed in Annexes A and B. It establishes the checks, marking and labelling procedures of such products to be performed in compliance with the legislation in force. The legislation covers the hygiene requirements, the conditions and the checks to be carried out by the appropriate health authority during every phase of the production cycle, the storage, the trade and the transport of the animals and of the products of animal origin. The decree establishes also all the measures to be taken in case of contravention or in case of detection of a disease or other potential hazards for the human or animal health. Annex A lists the veterinary and zootechnical legislation to be applied to intracommunity exchanges of fresh meat, meat-based products, treated milk, etc. Furthermore, the products must satisfy other requirements established in article 9, which concerns, inter alia, the controls of the establishments of origin, the identification and registration of the animals, the issue of a sanitary certificate, the control of markets and collection centres. Annex B concerns the products which are not subject to the community legislation but the exchange of which is subject to the controls provided for by the Decree (game, milk and milk-based products, aquaculture and fisheries products, bivalve molluscs, blood, fats, honey, snails, frog legs for human consumption).

Full text

Italian

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market.

Legislation | European Union | 1989

Keyword: Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Animal production, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal by-products, Marking/identification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Council Directive 90/425/EEC concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market.

Legislation | European Union | 1990

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Internal trade, Animal by-products, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Legislative Decree No. 633 implementing Directive 92/65/EEC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 90/425/EEC.

Legislation | Italy | 1996

Keyword: Animal health, International trade, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Ministerial Decree No. 303 implementing Directive 96/93/EC on the certification of animals and animal products.

Legislation | Italy | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Certification, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Animal health, Animal by-products, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Legislative Decree No. 338 implementing Directive 2002/33/EC concerning health requirements for animal by-products.

Legislation | Italy | 2004

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, International trade, Animal production, Animal health, Animal by-products

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Legislative Decree No. 80 implementing Directives 97/78/EC and 97/79/EC on the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries.

Legislation | Italy | 2000

Keyword: International trade, Fish products, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Offences/penalties, Animal health, Animal by-products, Pests/diseases

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Legislative Decree No. 181 amending and supplementing Legislative Decree No. 28 of 30 January 1993 in matter of veterinary checks applicable to intra-Community exchanges.

Legislation | Italy | 1999

Keyword: International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Inspection, Animal by-products

Source: FAO, FAOLEX