Processed Cereal-based Foods and Other Foods for Infants and Young Children (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 (L.N. 212 of 2004)

B 3729 L.N. 212 of 2004 FOOD SAFETY ACT (CAP. 448) Processed Cereal-based Foods and Other Foods for Infants and Young Children (Amendment) Regulations, 2004 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 Processed Cereal-based Foods and Other Foods for Infants and Young Children (Amendment) Regulations, 2004, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Processed Cereal-based Foods and Other Foods for Infants and Young Children Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. 2. These regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directive 2003#13#EC of the European Community. 3. (1) For regulation 4.6 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following> “Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods shall not contain residues of individual pesticides at levels exceeding 0.01 mg#kg, except for those substances for which specific levels have been set in the Seventh Schedule, in which case such specific levels shall apply. The above levels apply to processed cereal-based foods and baby foods as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstitued according to the instructions of the manufacturer.”. (2) The following new sub-regulation 4.9 shall be inserted immediately after sub-regulation 4.8 of the principal regulations> “4.9 Those pesticides listed in the Eighth Schedule shall not be used in agricultural products intended for the production of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods. However, for the purpose of control> Citation. L.N. 207 of 2002. Amends regulation 4 of the principal regulations. B 3730 (i) pesticides listed in Table 1 of the Eighth Schedule are considered not to have been used if their residues do not exceed a level of 0.003 mg#kg< (ii) pesticides listed in Table 2 of the Eighth Schedule are considered not to have been used if their residues do not exceed a level of 0.003 mg#kg. The levels referred to in (i) and (ii) shall apply to the products as proposed ready for consumption or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturers.”. 4. The following shall be added as the Seventh Schedule immediately after the Sixth Schedule of the principal regulations> Adds Seventh Schedule to the principal regulations. B 3731 “SEVENTH SCHEDULE Specific maximum residue levels of pesticides or metabolites of pesticides in processed cereal-based foods and baby foods Chemical name of the substance Maximum residue level (mg#kg) Cadusafos 0.006 Demeton-S-methyl#demeton-S-methyl 0.006 sulfone#oxydemeton-methyl (individually or combined, expressed as demeton-S-methyl) Ethoprophos 0.008 Fipronil (sum of fipronil and fipronyl-desulfinyl, 0.004 expressed as fipronil) Propineb#propylenethiourea (sum of propineb and 0.006”. propylenethiourea) 5. The following shall be added as the Eighth Schedule immediately after the Seventh Schedule of the principal regulations> Adds Eighth Schedule to the principal regulations. B 3732 “EIGHTH SCHEDULE Pesticides which shall not be used in agricultural production intended for the production of processed cereal-based foods and baby foods Table 1 Chemical name of the substance (residue definition) Disulfoton (sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide and disulfoton sulfone expressed as disulfoton) Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, its oxygen analogue and their sulfones, expressed as fensulfothion) Fentin, expressed as triphenyltin cation Haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its salts and esters including conjugates, expressed as haloxyfop) Heptachlor and trans-heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor Hexachlorobenzene Nitrofen Omethoate Terbufos (sum of terbufos, its sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as terbufos) Table 2 Chemical name of the substance Aldrin and dieldrin, expressed as dieldrin Endrin”. 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 16ç – Price 16c