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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Preamble — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

LX. 59 of 198 4

FOOD, DRU G S At""\D DRI:'\KIL\G WATER ACT, 1972

(ACT 1\"0. XL OF 1971)

Ground, Mi nced and Cho pped J\'ieat (S tandards) Regulations, 1984

IN eJiercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Food,

Drugs and Drinking Water Act. 1972. the Minister of " cairn, on the

advice of the Food Standards Board, has made Ihe following regula-

tions:-

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Reg. 1 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

These regulations may be cited as the Ground, Minced and Citltion and

Chopped Meat (Standards) Re\:u!ations. 1984. and shall come into force ~I

forthwith except for regulation 4 which shaH come into force OD the

first day of January. 1985.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Schedule — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

(Regulation 3)

First Column

Second Column

DESCRIPTION OF PRODUer

MIN IMUM MEAT CONTENT

1. Ground, minced or chopped beef

100% meat denved from bovine species

only, of which not less than 75 % shall

be lean

Ground , minced or chopped pork

2. 100,% meat denved from pork only, of

which nOI less than 15 % shall be lean

3. Ground, minced or chopped beef 100% meat derived, as to 50% from

and pork

bovine species and 50% from pork

and of which not less than 75% de-

rived from each species shall be lean

Ippubblikat mit-Taqsima tat-Tagħrif — Kastilja — Published by the Department of Information — Kastilja

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Reg. 2 Ime<pr~""iO<l — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires,

"meat" means the lean flesh together with fat.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Reg. 3 -- — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

No ground. minced or chopped meat may be imported. manu· Star>dlJdt tor

factured, prepared, kept for sale, exposed or otherwise displayed for VO""d,

sale, served in any catering establishment, sold as take-away food or

in any other way sold (whether by wholesale or retail) unless the said

meat complies with the standards laid down in the Second Column of

Ihe Schedule to these regulations in respe<:t of the item listed in the

First Column of the said Schedule.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 1984 59 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta'

Reg. 4 — 59 tal-1984 – Regolamenti tal-1984 dwar Standards ta' Laħam Mitħun, Ikkapuljat u Mqatta' Open official source

Wbere ground, minced or chopped meat is sold as a prepacked

food, the sa id meat shall be wrapped in a transparent wrapper and heat·

sealed or machine clipped, and shall have attached or affixed to, or

printed on, the said wrapper a proper label showing -

(a) the brand or trade name, if any, and a description of the

product;

(b) the name and address of the manufacturer or person res-

ponsible for the product

(c)

the type or types of meat used; and

(d)

a correct declaration of the net weight.

59 tal-1984

Table of Provisions (6)

Statutory Text (6 Articles)

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