Food Supplements (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

L.N. 327 of 2005

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Food Supplements (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

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

Act, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and Community Care has made

the following regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Food Supplements Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005, and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Food Supplements Regulations, 2003, L.N. 239 of 2003.

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

For regulation 5.5 of the principal regulations there shall be Amends regulation

5 of the principal

substituted the following>-

regulations.

“5.5. Subject to the provisions of regulation 5.8, food

supplements providing a source of any nutrient at a level in excess

of the maximum upper level as may be established for that nutrient

by the Third Schedule to these regulations may only be sold in

Malta subject to a prior approval by the Food Safety Commission.

The Food Safety Commission shall take into account, in particular,

the product’s presentation, its labelling, any instructions for its use, as

well as any other indication or information provided by the manufacturer.

The Food Safety Commission may also make the marketing of

such food supplements subject to any conditions it deems appropriate

for the purposes of safeguarding public health.”.

For regulation 7.4 of the principal regulations there shall be Amends regulation

7 of the principal

substituted the following>-

regulations.

“7.4. The declared values mentioned in regulations 7.1 and

2 shall be average values based on the manufacturer’s analysis

of the product.”.

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