The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

L.N. 125 of 2003

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(ACT NO. XIV of 2002)

The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

(Amendment) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food Safety

Act, the Minister of Health has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Labelling, Presentation

2002. and Advertising of Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations, 2003, and

they shall be read and construed as one with the Labelling, Presentation

and Advertising of Foodstuffs Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred

to as “the principal regulations”.

For the third indent of the second subparagraph of regulation

1, immedjatament wara t-terminu ‘ta[wir’”.

3. Il-paragrafu li ;ej g[andu ji]died b[ala regolament 11.5 Temenda r-

regolament 11 tar-

minnufih wara r-regolament 11.4>

regolamenti

prinçipali.

“11.5 Ebda persuna ma tista’tbig[ ikel wara d-data murija

fid-data “u]a sa” li g[andha x’taqsam mag[ha.”

4. Il-paragrafu li ;ej g[andu ji]died b[ala regolament 14.7 Temenda r-

regolament 14 tar-

minnufih wara regolament 14.6>

regolamenti

prinçipali.

“14.7 Meta xarba li hi ma[suba biex tkun ikkunsmata bla

modifika, jew wara li jkun rikostitwit il-prodott konçentrat jew

imnixxef, ikollha l-kafeina, ;ejja minn fejn ;ejja, fi proporzjon li

jaqbe] il-150 mg#l, il-messa;; li ;ej g[andu jidher fuq it-tikketta

fl-istess livell ta’vista b[all-isem li l-prodott jinbieg[ bih>

“Kontenut g[oli ta’ kafeina”. Dan il-messa;; g[andu

jkun segwit, f’parente]i u skond ir-regolament 14.4, mill-

kontenut ta’ kafeina espress f’mg#100 ml, b’dan i]da li>

6 there shall be substituted the following:-

“flavourings shall be designated in accordance with the Third

Schedule, provided that quinine and/or caffeine used as a flavouring

in the production or preparation of a foodstuff must be mentioned

by name in the list of ingredients indicated in regulation 5.1,

immediately after the term ‘flavouring’”.

3. The following paragraph shall be added as regulation 11.5

immediately following regulation 11.4

“11.5 No person may sell any food after the date shown in

a ‘use by’ date relating to it.”

4. The following paragraph shall be added as regulation 14.7

immediately following regulation 14.6

“14.7 Where a beverage which is intended for consumption

without modification, or after reconstitution of the concentrated

or dried product, contains caffeine, from whatever source, in a

proportion in excess of 150 mg/l, the following message must

appear on the label in the same field of vision as the name under

which the product is sold: ‘High caffeine content’. This message

shall be followed, in brackets and in accordance with regulation

4, by the caffeine content expressed in mg/100 ml, provided

that,

14.7.11 this regulation shall not apply to

beverages based on coffee, tea or coffee or tea extract

where the name under which the product is sold includes

the term ‘coffee’ or ‘tea’.

14.7.2 products which do not comply with this

regulation and which were labeled before 1 July 2004

may be marketed until stocks last.”

5. For indent (c) of regulation 15.1 there shall be substituted the Amends regulation

15 of the principal

following:-

regulations.

“individually wrapped sugar or chocolate confectionery

products, including boiled sweets and chocolates weighing less

than 50 g per item, which are not enclosed in any further packaging

when sold to the ultimate consumer and which are intended for

sale as single items or by number.”

6. The following text shall be added to the First Schedule to the Amends the First

Schedule to the

principal regulations

principal

regulations.

“ Definition

Designation

Skeletal muscles 1 of mammalian “…meat” and the name(s) 3 of the

and bird species recognized as fit animal species from which it

for human consumption with comes.”.

naturally included or adherent

tissue, where the total fat and

connective tissue content does not

exceed the values indicated below

and where the meat constitutes an

ingredient of another foodstuff.

The products covered by the

European Community definition of

‘mechanically recovered meat’ are

excluded from this definition.

Maximum fat and connective

tissue contents for ingredients

designated by the term ‘… meat’.

_____

The diaphragm and the masseters are part of the skeletal muscles, while the heart, tongue, the muscles of the head (other than the

masseters), the muscles of the carpus, the tarsus and the tail are excluded.

For labeling in English, this designation may be replaced by the generic name of the ingredient for the animal species concerned.

Species

Fat

Connective

tissue 2

(%)

(%)

Mammals (other

than rabbits and

porcines) and

mixtures of

species with

mammals

predominating

Porcines

Birds and

If these maximum limits are

exceeded, but all other criteria for

the definition of ‘meat’ are

satisfied, the “…meat” content

must be adjusted downwards

accordingly and the list of

ingredients must mention, in

addition to the term “…meat”, the

presence of fat and/or connective

7. (a) For the third column of the fourth entry in Part A of the

Fourth Schedule there shall be substituted the following:-

“Dietary Foods for Special Medical Purposes Regulations,

2001 (L.N. 309/2001)”;

(b) Part B of the Fourth Schedule shall be deleted, and

(c) Part C of the Fourth Schedule shall be redesignated as

Part B.

The connective tissue content is calculated on the basis of the ratio between collagen content and meat protein content. The

collagen content means the hydroxyproline content multiplied by a factor of 8.

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