Regional Act No. 13 regulating the interventions intended for qualifying beef and beef products. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Veneto Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Cattle Meat Packaging/labelling Authorization/permit Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Regional Act regulates the interventions in the bovine meat sector in compliance with Commission Regulation No. 2000/1825/EC laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation No. 2000/1760/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The regional authority shall undertake the necessary measures for the following purposes: (a) promoting the elaboration of facultative labelling system; (b) encouraging the elaboration of computer systems in order to identify the origin of beef products; (c) ensuring that the consumers have suitable informations about processing systems, marketing and labelling of bovine meat; (d) supporting enterprises by adopting extraordinary financial measures. The regional authority shall undertake inspections to verify the application of this Regional Act. Full text Italian Website www.regione.veneto.it References - Legislation Implements Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1825/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the labelling of beef and beef products. Legislation | European Union | 2000 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Animal reproduction Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministerial Decree implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 establishing a compulsory system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the facultative labelling of beef and beef products. Legislation | Italy | 2000 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Access-to-information, Cattle, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Regional Act No. 37 amending and supplementing Regional Act No. 13 of 31 May 2001 concerning the interventions intended for qualifying beef and beef products. Legislation | Italy | 2003 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Cattle, Meat, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX