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Presidential Decree No. 128 implementing Directives 96/5/EC and 98/36/EC on cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 109, 12 May 1999, pp. 5-23.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Breastfeeding/infant food Standards Packaging/labelling Nutrition
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree applies to foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses fulfilling the requirements of infants and young children in good health and are intended for use by infants while they are being weaned, and by young children as a supplement to their diet and for their progressive adaptation to ordinary food. The Decree concerns cereal-based foods and baby foods other than cereal-based foods (art. 2).

Full text
Italian

References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Directive 96/5/EC, Euratom on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children.

Legislation | European Union | 1996 (2003)

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Breastfeeding/infant food, Standards, Packaging/labelling, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Directive 98/36/EC amending Directive 96/5/EC on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children.

Legislation | European Union | 1998

Keyword: Breastfeeding/infant food, Standards, Nutrition

Source: FAO, FAOLEX