Regional Act No. 21 making provision on certification of non genetically modified agricultural products of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region. Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Friuli-Venezia Giulia Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region No. 47, 22 November 2000 Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Certification Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Act aims at the protection of human health and the environment against the risks that may arise out of the cultivation, production and consumption of products containing genetically modified organisms (as defined under article 2). The regional authority hereby establishes the mark “originating in Friuli Venezia Region – non genetically modified product”. Article 4 concerns the procedure to be followed to grant the mark. Full text Italian Website www.regione.fvg.it