ADDITION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND OF CERTAIN OTHER SUBSTANCES TO FOODS REGULATIONS

ADDITION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND

OF CERTAIN OTHER SUBSTANCES TO FOODS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 449.54

ADDITION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS AND

OF CERTAIN OTHER SUBSTANCES TO FOODS

REGULATIONS

29th February, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 86 of 2008.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Addition of

Vitamins and Minerals and of certain other Substances to Foods

Regulations.

(2) These regulations contain the provisions necessary for the

implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European

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

addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to

foods.

The Directorate responsible for foodstuffs within the Malta

Standar ds Au tho rity is her eb y d esign ated as the com petent

authority referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006, hereinafter

referred to as the competent authority.

(1) To facilitate efficient monitoring, when a food to which

vitamins and minerals have been added, and a food containing

substances listed in Annex III, Parts B and C, of Regulation (EC)

No 1925/2006, 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 foods placed on the market prior to the entry

into force of these regulations, the notification prescribed by

subregulation (1) shall take place by not later than 31st December

2008. Foodstuffs which have not been notified by that date shall be

removed from the market at the expense of the manufacturer or

importer.