{{Short description|Government ministry of Italy}}{{More footnotes needed|date=October 2025}}{{Infobox government agency | name = Ministry of Health | native_name = ''Ministero della Salute'' | native_name_a = | native_name_r = | type = | seal = Ministero_della_Salute_Logo.svg | seal_width = 250px | seal_caption = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = Ministero_della_Salute_Logo.svg | image = Ministry of Health (Italy) in 2020.09.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Headquarters in viale G. Ribotta, 5 | formed = {{Start date and age|1958}} | preceding1 = | preceding2 = <!-- up to |preceding6= --> | dissolved = | superseding1 = | superseding2 = <!-- up to |superseding6= --> | jurisdiction = [[Government of Italy]] | headquarters = Viale Giorgio Ribotta, 5 - 00144 Rome <br> '''''Main Headquarters''''' <br> Lungotevere Ripa, 1 - 00153 Roma <br> '''''Minister Office''''' | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} --> | motto = | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = <!-- up to |minister8_name= --> | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- up to |deputyminister8_name= --> | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = <!-- up to |chief9_name= --> | public_protector = | deputy = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- up to |child25_agency= --> | keydocument1 = <!-- up to |keydocument6= --> | website = {{URL|www.salute.gov.it}} | agency_id = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | footnotes = | embed = | logo_alt = Ministero_della_Salute_Logo.svg }}
The '''Ministry of Health''' ({{langx|it|Ministero della Salute}}) is a governmental agency of [[Italy]]. Its headquarters are in [[Rome]]<ref>"[http://www.salute.gov.it/contatti/contatti.jsp Contatti] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411174818/http://www.salute.gov.it/contatti/contatti.jsp |date=2011-04-11 }}." Ministry of Health. Retrieved on 26 April 2011.</ref> and is led by the [[Italian Minister of Health]].
The Ministry developed the [[List of nutrition guides#Italy|Italian Food Pyramid]] (''Piramide Alimentare Italiana'') to guide food and meal planning. The divisions show healthy intake of water, fruits and vegetables, starches (bread, biscotti, pasta, etc.), protein (meat, cold cut meats, eggs, fish, etc.), milk and dairy, and occasional uses (oils, sweets, and alcohol). The pyramid is intended to represent the variety of foods eaten over an entire week, averaged into daily portions.
An example of their legislation is the [[Italian Device Registration]] to meet (and exceed) the [[European Economic Community|EEC]]'s [[Medical Devices Directive]].
==See also== {{Portal|Italy}} * [[Italian Minister of Health]]
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==External links== * [http://www.salute.gov.it/ Ministry of Health] {{in lang|it}}
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