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Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (L.N. 239 of 2007)

Made 2007 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
Malta
Subjects
Food and nutrition
Keywords
breastfeeding/infant food, food safety and quality, packaging/labelling, nutrition

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  1. B 3139 L.N. 239 of 2007 FOOD SAFETY ACT (CAP. 449) Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 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 Infant Formulae and Follow on Formulae (Amendment) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. 2. These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st January, 2007, provided that products which do not comply with the provisions of these regulations, but which comply with the provisions of the Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae Regulations, 2002, may continue to be sold till 31st December, 2007. 3. These regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directive 2006#82#EC of the 23rd October, 2006. 4. For regulation 7.1 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following>– “7.1 (a) The name under which the products covered by regulation 3.1 (c) and (d) are sold shall be, respectively> “infant formula” and “follow-on formula”. However, the name of products manufactured entirely from cows’ milk proteins, shall be respectively> “infant milk” and “follow-on milk”. Citation. L.N. 208 of 2002. Commencement. Scope. Amends regulation 7 of the principal regulations. B 3140 (b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a) hereof, the list provided for in the Eleventh Schedule specifies the names under which the products covered by regulation 3.1 (c) and (d) are sold in all the European Community languages”. 5. The following shall be added as the Eleventh Schedule immediately after the Tenth Schedule to the principal regulations>– Adds the Eleventh Schedule to the principal regulations. B 3141 “Eleventh Schedule Names under which products covered by regulation 3.1 (c) and (d) are sold, in all the European Community languages: — in English: ‘infant formula’ and ‘follow-on formula’, — in Danish: ‘Modermælkserstatning’ and ‘Tilskudsblanding’, — in German: ‘Säuglingsanfangsnahrung’ and ‘Folgenahrung’, — in Greek: ‘ ’ and ‘ ’, — in Spanish: ‘Preparado para lactantes’ and ‘Preparado de continuación’, — in French: ‘Préparation pour nourrissons’ and ‘Préparation de suite’, — in Italian: ‘Alimento per lattanti’ and ‘Alimento di proseguimento’, — in Dutch: ‘Volledige zuigelingenvoeding’ and ‘Opvolgzuigelingenvoeding’, — in Portuguese: ‘Fórmula para lactentes’ and ‘Fórmula de transição’, — in Finnish: ‘Äidinmaidonkorvike’ and ‘Vieroitusvalmiste’, — in Swedish: ‘Modersmjölksersättning’ and ‘Tillskottsnäring’, — in Czech: ‘po áte ní kojenecká výživa’ and ‘pokra ovací kojenecká výživa’, — in Estonian: ‘imiku piimasegu’ and ‘jätkupiimasegu’, — in Latvian: ‘M ksl gais mais jums z dai iem’ un ‘M ksl gais papildu din šanas mais jums z dai iem’, — in Lithuanian: ‘mišinys k dikiams iki papildomo maitinimo vedimo’ and ‘mišinys k dikiams, vedus papildom maitinim ’, — in Hungarian: ‘anyatej-helyettesít tápszer’ and ‘anyatejkiegészít tápszer’, — in Maltese: ‘formula tat-trabi’ and ‘formula tal-prosegwiment’, — in Polish: ‘preparat do pocz tkowego ywienia niemowl t’ and ‘preparat do dalszego ywienia niemowl t’, — in Slovenian: ‘za etna formula za dojen ke’ and ‘nadaljevalna formula za dojen ke’, — in Slovak: ‘po iato ná doj enská výživa’ and ‘následná doj enská výživa’. — in Bulgarian: ‘ ’ and ‘ ’, — in Romanian: ‘preparate pentru sugari’ and ‘preparate pentru copii de vârst mic ’. 3 B 3142 Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press Prezz#Price Lm0.20 (€0.47) 4 Names under which products manufactured entirely from cows’ milk proteins are sold, in all the European Community languages: — in English: ‘infant milk’ and ‘follow-on milk’, — in Danish: ‘Modermælkserstatning udelukkende baseret påmælk’ and ‘Tilskudsblanding udelukkende baseret på mælk’, — in German: ‘Säuglingsmilchnahrung’ and ‘Folgemilch’, — in Greek: ‘ ’ and ‘ ’, — in Spanish: ‘Leche para lactantes’ and ‘Leche de continuación’, — in French: ‘Lait pour nourrissons’ and ‘Lait de suite’, — in Italian: ‘Latte per lattanti’ and ‘Latte di proseguimento’, — in Dutch: ‘Volledige zuigelingenvoeding op basis van melk’ or ‘Zuigelingenmelk’ and ‘Opvolgmelk’, — in Portuguese: ‘Leite para lactentes’ and ‘Leite de transição’, — in Finnish: ‘Maitopohjainen äidinmaidonkorvike’ and ‘Maitopohjainen vieroitusvalmiste’, — in Swedish: ‘Modersmjölksersättning uteslutande baserad på mjölk’ and ‘Tillskottsnäring uteslutande baserad på mjölk’. — in Czech: ‘po áte ní mlé ná kojenecká výživa’ and ‘pokra ovací mlé ná kojenecká výživa’, — in Estonian: ‘Piimal põhinev imiku piimasegu’ and ‘Piimal põhinev jätkupiimasegu’, — in Latvian: ‘M ksl gais piena mais jums z dai iem’ un ‘M ksl gais papildu din šanas piena mais jums z dai iem’, — in Lithuanian: ‘pieno mišinys k dikiams iki papildomo maitinimo vedimo’ and ‘pieno mišinys k dikiams vedus papildom maitinim ’, — in Hungarian: ‘tejalapú anyatej-helyettesít tápszer’ and ‘tejalapú anyatej-kiegészít tápszer’, — in Maltese: ‘ alib tat-trabi’ and ‘ alib tal-prosegwiment’, — in Polish: ‘mleko pocz tkowe’ and ‘mleko nast pne’, — in Slovenian: ‘za etno mleko za dojen ke’ and ‘nadaljevalno mleko za dojen ke’, — in Slovak: ‘po iato ná doj enská mlie na výživa’ and ‘následná doj enská mlie na výživa’, — in Bulgarian: ‘ ’ and ‘ ’, — in Romanian: ‘lapte pentru sugari’ and ‘lapte pentru copii de vârst mic ’.

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