Italy Updates Wine Lab’s Certification Rules

Italy’s official gazette has amended a January 2025 decree that renewed the designation of Lab MDL S.r.l., a laboratory in Oderzo, to issue analysis certificates for the wine sector, updating the operating and technical conditions tied to that authorization.

The change, published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale on May 25, affects how the laboratory carries out certification work used in viticulture, where official analysis documents are part of the control system that supports production, trade and compliance. The decree does not revoke the laboratory’s role. Instead, it adjusts the framework under which the designation remains valid.

According to the text, the modification was adopted to bring certification procedures into line with newer rules and with current needs in the sector. The stated aim is to maintain an adequate level of oversight and quality in analytical services for wine producers and other operators who rely on certified results for regulatory and commercial purposes.

Lab MDL S.r.l. is based in Oderzo, in northeastern Italy, an area with a strong wine industry presence. In Italy, laboratories designated to issue analysis certificates in the wine sector play a formal role in verifying product characteristics and supporting documentation required by authorities and market participants.

The decree says the changes were made under existing legislation and with the goal of ensuring that certifications remain reliable and compliant. For wineries, exporters and distributors, such decrees matter because they define which laboratories can provide official analysis documents accepted in the chain of control for wine products.