Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations, 2008

L.N. 84 of 2008

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations, 2008

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>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Nutrition and Health Citation and scope.

Claims Regulations, 2008.

(2) These regulations contain the provisions necessary for

the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1924#2006 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 20 December, 2006 on nutrition and

health claims made on foods.

The Directorate responsible for foodstuffs within the Malta Designation of the

Competent

Standards Authority is hereby designated as the responsible national Authority.

authority referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1924#2006, hereinafter

referred to as the Competent Authority.

(1) To facilitate efficient monitoring, when a food bearing Notification to the

Competent

a nutrition claim listed in the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1924#2006, Authority.

or a health claim is placed on the market for the first time, the

manufacturer or importer shall notify the Competent Authority by

forwarding a model of the label used for the product.

(2) In the case of food bearing health claims placed on the

market prior to the entry into force of these regulations, the notification

prescribed by sub-regulation (1) hereof shall take place by not later

than 30 th June 2008. Foodstuffs which have not been notified by that

date shall be removed from the market at the expense of the manufacturer

or importer.

(3) (a) In the case of food bearing nutrition claims placed

on the market prior to the entry into force of these regulations, the

notification prescribed by sub-regulation (1) hereof shall take place by

not later than>

(i) 30 th June, 2008 for food bearing nutrition claims referring

to fat<

(ii) 31 st December, 2008 for food bearing nutrition claims

referring to energy<

(iii) 30 th June, 2009 for food bearing nutrition claims other

than those referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii).

(b) Foodstuffs which have not been notified by the

dates prescribed in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be removed from

the market at the expense of the manufacturer or importer.

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