250 tal-2013 - Regolamenti tal-2013 dwar it-Tifsira ‘Kunserva’

L.N. 250 of 2013

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Definition of Kunserva Regulations, 2013

BY VIRTUE of the powers given by article 10 of the Food

Safety Act, the Minister for Minister for Health has made the

following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Definition of Citation.

Kunserva Regulations, 2013.

(2) Products which do not conform with the provisions of

these regulations, but which conform with the provisions of the

Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs Regulations

and which were placed on the Maltese market or had labels affixed to

them prior to the 31 st August, 2013, may still be sold until existing

stocks last.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations “hermetically sealed

containers” includes any container of any shape and material which

prohibits any contact between tomatoes or tomato derivative and the

air, and the said containers should be those effectively used for final

consumption.

(1)

‘Kunserva’ is a traditional Maltese product Definition of

manufactured from tomatoes which conform with the requirements of Kunserva.

Article 3(2) of (EC) Regulation No. 1535/2003 and which is

manufactured by a one-stage process involving the extraction and

concentration of fresh tomato juice derived directly from tomatoes

harvested during the period indicated in Article 3(2) of Regulation

(EC) No 1535/2003, and which is packed immediately following

production in hermetically sealed containers in the same

establishments where the juice has been extracted, and the entire

process is to be carried out in the same establishment where the juice

is extracted.

(2) ‘Kunserva’ shall conform with the definition and the

requirements of composition as stipulated in Commission Regulation

(EC) No. 1132/2004 of the 18 th July 2004 which amends Regulation

(EEC) No. 1764/86 and Regulation (EC) No. 1535/2003 as regards to

‘Kunserva’.

(3) The product shall be called ‘Kunserva’ only if it conforms

with these regulations.

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