Food Legislation

The following is a list of food legislation in Malta. It provides a reference to the various Acts and Legal Notices made at National level as well as those Regulations, Directives and Decisions made at European Union level.

National Legislation

Food Safety Act and Legal Notices

European Legislation

General Principles of Food Law
Official Control of Foodstuffs
Hygiene of Foodstuffs
Legislation – Import Controls
Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
Administrative Assistance and Cooperation
Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs
Food Additives, Food Enzymes and Food Flavouring
Emergency Measures
Novel Food
Genetically Modified Orgamisms
Quick Frozen Foods
Food Information to Consumers
Nutrition and Health Claims made on Foods
Addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods
Food for Particular Nutritional Uses
Food Intended for Specific Purposes
Infant Formulae and Follow-on Formulae, and Processed Cereal-Based Foods and Other Foods for Infants and Young Children
Composition and labelling of foodstuffs suitable for people intolerant to gluten
Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
Maximum levels of certain contaminants in foodstuffs
Methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of certain contaminants in foodstuffs
Maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin
Methods of sampling for the official control of pesticide residues in and on products of plant and animal origin
Pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin
Maximum levels for the presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats in food
Animal by-products not intended for human consumption
Sprouts and seeds intended for the production of sprouts

Marketing Standards

Marketing Standards for poultry meat
Marketing Standards for Eggs
Marketing Standards for Olive Oil
Minimum quality requirements for tomato-based products

Commission Recommendations

Commission Recommendations

Food Legislation

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