Ministerial Decree No. 585 establishing criteria for the analysis of mineral waters. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 271, 19 November 1996, pp. 8 and 9. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Mineral water Standards Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Decree amends section 4) of article 16 of Ministerial Decree No. 542 of 12 November 1992. The section now reads: "clinical, pharmacological and toxicological studies, to be carried out by hospitals and universities, according to a proper clinical and laboratory practice". Full text Italian