Legislation

Food Safety Act, 2002

Food Legislation

Veterinary Services Act, 2001 

Legal Notices

Animal Food and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1965

Plant Quarantine Act, 2001

Legal Notices

Product Safety Act, 2001

Legal Notices

Pesticide Control Act, 2001

Legal Notices

Food Safety Commission

The Food Safety Commission was established by the Food Safety  Act, 2002, Section 5 (Act XIV of 2002).

The principal function of the Food Safety Commission is to take all reasonable steps to ensure that food produced, distributed or marketed in Malta meets the highest standards of food safety and hygiene reasonably available and to ensure that food complies with legal requirements, or where appropriate with recognised codes of good practice.

Notices issued by the Food Safety Commission

Consultation / Discussion Documents

Opinion / information issued by the European Food Safety Authority

European public health agencies evaluate antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) have published today a joint Scientific Report on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in livestock, pets and foods.
 

Press release

Joint report scientific report

16 June 2009

Notice issued by the

Food Safety Commission

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WARNING

AVVIŻ MID-DIPARTIMENT GĦAL SAĦĦA AMBJENTALI

15 April 2009

Presence of Dioxin in Irish Pork

Press Releases

THE FOOD SAFETY COMMISSION EXPLAINS THE SITUATION REGARDING IRISH PORK AND PORK PRODUCTS

7 December 2008

STQARRIJA MILL-MINISTERU GĦAR-RIZORSI U L-AFFARIJIET RURALI DWAR IL-MAJJAL TA’ PRODUZZJONI FRISK LOKALI

8 December 2008

STQARRIJA MILL-KUMMISSJONI TA’ MALTA GĦAS-SIGURTÀ TAL-IKEL F’ISEM ID-DIPARTIMENT GĦAS-SAĦĦA AMBJENTALI U T-TAQSIMA GĦAR-REGOLAMENT VETERINARJU, KONSERVAZZJONI U KONTROLL TAS-SAJD

11 December 2008

Melamine contaminated foodstuffs originating from China

Notice to the attention of all importers

Information, updates and press releases

 

Other Notices issued by Food Safety Commission

Members of the Commission

Functions of the Commission

Department for Environmental Health

Department of Food and Veterinary Services

Foodstuffs, Chemicals and Cosmetics Directorate

Malta Standards Authority

Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Department of Plant Health

European Commission Food Safety webpage

Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed

All correspondence should be addressed to:

The Acting Secretary, 

MHI's Office, 37 - 39 Rue D'Argens, Msida

Tel.: +356 21324093, +356 21332225  

Fax: +356 21344767

email: foodsafety.commission@gov.mt