Reduction (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

L.N. 268 of 2007

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Foods intended for use in Energy-Restricted Diets for Weight

Reduction (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

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 Foods intended for use in

Energy-Restricted Diets for Weight Reduction (Amendment)

Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed as one with

Foods intended for use in Energy-Restricted Diets for Weight

Reduction Regulations, 1999, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

These regulations implement the provisions of Commission

Directive 2007/29/EC of 30 th May, 2007.

Regulation 6.3 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

“6.3 The labelling, advertising and presentation of the

products concerned shall not make any reference to the rate or

amount of weight loss which may result from their use”.

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