S.L. 437.74 Art. 2Definitions. Cap. 437.

For the purposes of these rules, the following definitions shall apply -

(a) "the Commission" means the European Commission;

(b) "compound feedingstuffs" means mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;

(c) "feedingstuffs" means products of vegetable or animal origin in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures, whether or not containing

*These rules have been repealed by Legal Notice 36 of 2025. additives, for oral animal feeding;

(d) "feedingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes" means compound feedingstuffs which, by virtue of their particular composition or method of manufacture, can be clearly distinguished from both ordinary feedingstuffs and the products defined in European Union Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs, and are presented as intended to meet specific nutritional requirements;

(e) "particular nutritional purpose" means the purpose of satisfying the specific nutritional needs of certain pets or productive livestock whose process of assimilation, absorption or metabolism could be temporarily impaired or is temporarily or irreversibly impaired and are therefore able to derive benefit from ingestion of feedingstuffs appropriate to their condition;

(f) "Veterinary Services" means the competent authority within Malta as established under article 2 of the Veterinary Services Act.