Son Drinks (Amendment) Regulations, 1m

L.N.34 of 1997

fo' OOD, DRUGS AND DRJNK1NG WATER ACT

(CAP. 231 )

Son Drinks (Amendment) Regulations, 1m

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

Drugs and Drinking Water Act. the Minister of Health, Care of the

Elderly and Family Affairs, on the advice of the Malta Standardisation

Authority, has made the following regu lations: -

I . Th ese regulations may be ci ted as the Soft Drinks

(Amendment) Regulations, 1997. and shall be read and construed as

cone with the Soft Drinks Regulations. 1978, hereinafter referred to as

··the principal regu lations·'.

Dawn ir-regolamentij iSlgl'lujissejhu r-Regolamenti \a' I- I997

Ii jemendaw ir- Regolamenti dwar Soft Drinks, u ghandhom jinqrnw u

jiftehmJ haga wahda mar. Regolamenti ta' 1-1978 dwar Soft Drinks, II.LI1 .. · I· I97I.

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hawnhekk ii-jed 'il quddiem imsejha "ir-regolamenti prinCipali··.

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Im mediately after paragraph (7) ofregulalion 3 of the principal

regulations. there shall be added the following new paragrapb:-

"(8) (a) No person shall advertise , expose for sale. sell or

supply by way of compensation or otherwise. any soft drink whose

descriptive name bears resemblance to or is iden tical with another

product. drug or medicine the use of which is either prohibited or

restricted by law.

(b) No person shall ad" ertise any soft drink implying directl y

or indirectly any intoxicating anributes.".

For regul ation 9 of the principal regulations there shall be

~uhtiluted the following:-

9 . No soft drink shall contain any caffeine in excess of

200 mg per litre

Provided that a person may import. advert ise, expose

for sale . distribute. sell or suppl y by way of compensation or

otherwise any soft drink with a caffeine content in excess of

200 mg per litre and up to 350 mg per litre with the prior

approval of the Council of Health and provided such person

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abides by any condi ti ons whic h th e said Cou ncil ma y

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