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The MIIPAF Decree of the 9 December 2016 introduces the obligation regarding the labeling of milk and it’s derived.
For all the kinds of milk and the dairy products like: heavy cream (concentrated or not), buttermilk, yogurt, kefir, milk whey, butter, spreadable creams, cheese, dairy products, curd, long life milk; the following information must be written on the label:
When the country where the milking, conditioning or transformation took place is the same it is possible to use the indication: “origine del latte”: nome del paese.
In the case that the operation took place in more country of the European union it is possible to use the indications:
Instead, if the operation took place in more country outside the European Union the indications are:
These regulations do not apply to PDO and PGI products and fresh milk for which the regulations prior to the decree of 9 December 2016 remain in force.
The MIIPAF Decree of 9 December 2016 is in force from 19 April 2017 untill the 31 March 2019.