Regulations, 1998
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
L.N.145 of 1998
FOOD, DRUGS AND DRINKING WATER ACT
(cAP.231)
Labelling and Presentation of Foodstuffs (Amendment)
Regulations, 1998
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Food,
Drugs and Drinking Water Act, the Ministlr of Health, Care of the
Elderly and Family Affairs, on the advice of the Malta
standardisation Authority, has made the following regulations:-
l. These regulations may be cited as the Labelling and
Presentation of Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 and shall
be read and cbnstrued as one with the Labelling and presentation of
Foodstuffs Re gul ation s, 1992, hereinaft er referred to as "the principal
regulations".
Dawn ir-regolamenti jistghu jissejhu r-Regolamenti ta' l- Titolu,
1998 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar it-Tikkettjar u l-
Prezentazzjoni ta' Hwejjeg ta' l-Ikel, u ghandhom jinqraw u
jinftehmu haga wahda mar-Regolamenti ta' l-I992 dwar it-Tikkettjar A.L.65 ta'l-199.
u l-Pre2entazzjonita' Hwejjeg ta' l-Ikel, hawnhekk iijed 'il quddiem
imsejha "ir-regolamenti principali".
Immediately following paragraph 7.4 of the principal
regulations, there shall be added the following paragraph:-
"7.5. When the date of minimum durability or the ..use
by" date appears on the label, the indication of the lot number
need not appear on the foodstuff, provided that the date consists
at least of the uncoded indication of the day and the month in
that order.".