Italian adaptation to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on food official controls: a case study


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12543
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Dispute, food safety, food law, official controls, second expert opinion
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  • Camilla Lugli
    camilla.lugli@unimore.it
    Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9280-0509
  • Marta Cecchini CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
  • Domenico Maione Food Hygiene and Nutrition Service, Public Health Department, AUSL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy.
  • Filomena Marseglia Food Hygiene and Nutrition Service, Public Health Department, AUSL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy.
  • Tommaso Filippini CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-0344
  • Marco Vinceti CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
  • Elena Righi Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3469-7446
  • Lucia Palandri Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena; Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9787-7965
  • Daniela De Vita Food Hygiene and Nutrition Service, Public Health Department, AUSL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Foodborne diseases can be prevented by implementing a food safety system that manages food chain risks from producer to end-user, from a One Health perspective. In 2017, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted Regulation No. 625 on official food controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed laws and rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, and plant protection products. Italy issued a national law, Legislative Decree No. 27/2021, to adapt and adhere to European standards. We aim to describe the adoption and implementation of the new Legislative Decree by an Italian Food Hygiene and Nutrition Service, specifically focusing on the amendments introduced by Articles 7 and 8, namely the establishment of the second expert opinion and dispute procedures, and their integration with the promulgation of Article 70 of Legislative Decree No. 150/2022. These modifications aim to reduce the number of minor offenses that proceed to trial.


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Tommaso Filippini, CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena

School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Marco Vinceti, CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena

Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, MA, USA

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Lugli C, Cecchini M, Maione D, Marseglia F, Filippini T, Vinceti M, Righi E, Palandri L, De Vita D. Italian adaptation to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on food official controls: a case study. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2024 Jul. 2 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/12543

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