Food Supplements (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 (L.N. 327 of 2005)

B 4623 L.N. 327 of 2005 FOOD SAFETY ACT (CAP. 449) Food Supplements (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 IN exercise of the pow ers conferred by article 10 of the Food Safety A ct, the M inister of H ealth, the Elderly and C om m unity C are has m ade the follow ing regulations> 1. The title of these regulations is the Food Supplem ents (A m endm ent) R egulations, 2005, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one w ith the Food Supplem ents R egulations, 2003, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. 2. For regulation 5.5 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the follow ing> “5.5. Subject to the provisions of regulation 5.8, food supplem ents providing a source of any nutrient at a level in excess of the m axim um upper level as m ay be established for that nutrient by the Third Schedule to these regulations m ay only be sold in M alta subject to a prior approval by the Food Safety C om m ission. The Food Safety C om m ission shall take into account, in particular, the product’s presentation, its labelling, any instructions for its use, as w ell as any other indication or inform ation provided by the m anufacturer. The Food Safety C om m ission m ay also m ake the m arketing of such food supplem ents subject to any conditions it deem s appropriate for the purposes of safeguarding public health.”. 3. For regulation 7.4 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the follow ing> “7.4. The declared values m entioned in regulations 7.1 and 7.2 shall be average values based on the m anufacturer’s analysis of the product.”. C itation. L.N . 239 of 2003. A m ends regulation 5 of the principal regulations. A m ends regulation 7 of the principal regulations. Ippubblikat mid-D ipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — V alletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-G vern — Printed at the Government Printing Press Prezz 8ç – Price 8c