NUTRITION AND HEALTH CLAIMS REGULATIONS

NUTRITION AND HEALTH CLAIMS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.53

NUTRITION AND HEALTH CLAIMS

REGULATIONS

29th February, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 84 of 2008.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Nutrition and

Health Claims Regulations.

(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

Standards Authority is hereby designated as the responsible

national 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

a nutrition claim listed in the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 1924/

2006, 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) shall take place by not

later than 30th 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

th e m ar ket pr io r to th e en try in to f or ce o f th ese

r e g u l at io n s , t h e n o t if ic at io n p r es cr ib e d b y s u b -

regulation (1) shall take place by not later than

(i)

30th June, 2008 for food bearing nutrition

claims referring to fat;

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

claims referring to energy;

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

claims other than those referred to in sub-

paragraphs (i) and (ii).

(b) Foodstuffs which have not been notified by the dates

prescribed in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be

removed from the market at the expense of the

manufacturer or importer.