Regional Act No. 17 making provision on the gathering and marketing of spontaneous and preserved mushrooms Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Marche Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Marche No. 87, 2 August 2001 Subject Food & nutrition, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Food quality control/food safety Authorization/permit Inspection Internal trade Toxicity/poisoning Vegetables/legumes Offences/penalties Collecting/harvesting Wild flora Seasons Total allowable catch Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Act regulates with detail the gathering and the marketing of mushrooms, both spontaneous and preserved, within the Marche Region. Firstly, article 1 entrusts to the Provinces and Mountain Communities all administrative functions concerned with this field. Article 2 determines the areas in which gathering may take place, precisely woods and non cultivated lands. Further provisions regard with detail gathering by requiring the previous issue of an authorization, fixing the periods during which gathering shall be permitted, establishing the gear that may be used and setting forth certain prohibitions so as to protect the surrounding ecosystem. Article 9 lays down particular provisions for mountain territories. Article 11 deals with the placing on the market of mushrooms. Article 12 provides for the performance of sanitary checks; article 14 lays down penalties. Three Annexes are attached. Annexes 1 and 2 list out the most common poisonous and toxic species. Full text Italian Website www.regione.marche.it References - Legislation Amended by Regional Act No. 21 supplementing and amending Regional Act No. 17 of 25 July 2001 making provision on the gathering and marketing of spontaneous and preserved mushrooms Legislation | Italy | 2002 Keyword: Authorization/permit, Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Internal trade, Toxicity/poisoning, Vegetables/legumes, Collecting/harvesting, Wild flora Source: FAO, FAOLEX