Ministerial Decree No. 298 on the classification of bovine carcasses according to some EC Regulations and national laws. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 193, 20 August 1998, pp. 16-19. Subject Livestock Keyword Slaughtering Inspection Cattle Certification Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Ministerial Decree, which is composed of 11 articles and divided into 4 Sections, establishes provisions on the classification and identification of bovine carcasses, on the setting of their prices and on the modality of the inspections to be held in the slaughterhouses (art. 1-3). Are exempted from the classification establishments that bone slaughtered bovine and small-scale sellers that buy live animals and provide for the slaughtering. Animals shall be identified by an indelible and non-toxic ink mark. Further (art. 5-10) is indicated how the market prices are determined and collected. Prices shall be determined taking into account the animal categories and the degree of fat cover. (11 articles and 1 Annex) Full text Italian