Italy Renews Turin Lab’s Authority Over Wine Certificates

Italy has renewed the designation of the Laboratory Chimico of the Turin Chamber of Commerce as an authorized body to issue analytical certificates in the wine sector, according to a decree published Monday in the Official Gazette.

The measure, signed by the minister of agriculture, food and forestry policies, extends the laboratory’s role under rules first set out in a 2011 decree that established the criteria for support measures aimed at improving and strengthening controls and analytical activity for wine products. The new decree also cites a second 2011 ministerial order that had already designated the Turin laboratory for this function.

The renewal follows requests submitted by the laboratory itself, the decree says. With the decision, the Turin chamber’s chemical laboratory remains one of the entities allowed to issue official analysis certificates used in viticulture, a process that matters for compliance checks, product traceability and regulatory oversight in Italy’s wine industry.

The decree takes effect through publication in the Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana.