S.L. 449.21 Art. 7Labelling of flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer.

Flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer may not be marketed unless their packagings or containers bear in at least one of the official languages of Malta the following information, which should be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible:

(a) the name or business name and address of the manufacturer, or packer, or of a seller established in Malta;

(b) the sales description: either the word "flavouring" or a more specific name or description of the flavouring;

(c) either the statement "'for foodstuffs" or a more specific reference to the foodstuff for which the flavouring is intended;

(d) a list in descending order of weight, of categories of flavouring substances, and flavouring preparations present classified as follows: - natural flavouring substances in the case of flavouring substances defined in regulation 2(b)(i), - flavouring substances identical to natural substances in the case of flavouring substances defined in regulation 2(b)(ii), - artificial flavouring substances in the case of flavouring substances defined in regulation 2(b)(iii), - flavouring preparations in the case of preparations defined in regulation 2(c), - process flavourings in the case of flavourings defined in regulation 2(d), - smoke flavourings in the case of flavourings defined in regulation 2(e);

(e) in the case of a mixture of flavourings with additives necessary for the storage and use of flavourings or with products used for dissolving and diluting flavourings, a list in descending order of weight in the mixture of: - the categories of flavourings classified as in paragraph (d), - the names of each of the other substances or materials or, where appropriate, their EEC numbers;

(f) an indication of the maximum quantity of each component or group of components subject to quantitative limitation in a foodstuff, or appropriate information;

(g) an indication identifying the consignment;

(h) the nominal quantity expressed in units of mass or volume:

Provided that the information required in paragraphs (d),

(e) and (f) may appear merely on the trade documents relating to the consignment which are to be supplied with or prior to delivery, sohowever that the indication "intended for the manufacture of foodstuffs and not for retail" appears in a conspicuous part of the packaging or container of the products in question.