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Notices

Attention all importers

The Department for Environmental Health would like to bring to the attention of all importers that the designated points of control in terms of Commission Decision 2008/798/EC as amended by Commission Decision 2008/921/EC imposing special conditions governing the import of products containing milk, milk products, soya or soya products originating in or consigned from China, are the following:

Animal feedingstuffs

Border Inspection Posts at Malta Freeport and Luqa Airport

Other foodstuffs including products containing milk and soya products

Documentary Checks – Port Health Services, Floriana
Identity and Physical Checks – Examination Shed, Hal-Far

There is no authorisation for the importation into the EU of milk and dairy products produced in China.

Specific measures are in place for imports of certain foodstuffs from specified countries to reduce known human or animal health risks. The products mentioned in the table are subject to specific controls and procedures for import.

Products	Country	Contamination Risk
Brazil Nuts	Brazil	Aflatoxins
Peanuts	Brazil	Aflatoxins
Peanuts	China	Aflatoxins
Peanuts	Egypt	Aflatoxins
Pistachios	Iran	Aflatoxins
Dried Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios and products thereof	Turkey	Aflatoxins
Almonds	United States of America	Aflatoxins
Peanuts	United States of America	Aflatoxins
Chilli, chilli products, curcuma and palmn oil and products thereof	Third countries	Illegal dyes Sudan I, II, III or IV
Long Grain Rice and products thereof	United States of America	Unauthorised GMO 'LL RICE 601'
Rice and rice products thereof	China	Unauthorised GMO 'Bt 63'
Guar Gum and products thereof	India	Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and dioxins
Sunflower oil	Ukraine	Mineral oil
Milk and milk products, soya and soya produsts and ammonium bicarbonate	China	Melamine
Products as per list	Albania Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Leichtenstein Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Norway Russia Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine	Radiation from Chernobyl Accident

Other Information

Registration of Trader	Registration of Food Premises
Registration of Food Handlers
Notification as per Food Supplements Regulations 2003	Notification as per Dietary Foods for Special Medical Purposes Regulations 2001
Notification of Foodstuffs intended for Particular Nutritional Uses	Notification as per Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations, 2008
Notification as per The Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of certain other Substances to Foods Regulations, 2008
Kava Kava Regulations 2004	Use of E128 Red 2G as food colour is suspended
Food Contact Material
Legislation - European Union	Legislation - Local

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Page last edited 11 December 2008