SALE OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS [ S.L.117.28 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 117.28
SALE OF MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS 
REGULATIONS
27th November, 1990
LEGAL NOTICE 198 of 1990.
Title.
Products Regulations.
Interpretation.
"meat seller" means a person whose main business activity
consists in the sale of fresh, chilled or frozen meat by retail from a
butcher shop;
"grocer" means a person whose main business activity consists in
the sale of groceries by retail and includes a person running a self-
service store, but does not include a meat seller;
"prescribed food" means:
( a ) fresh, chilled or frozen raw and unprocessed meat; and
( b ) Maltese type sausages;
"meat" means the flesh of bovines, porcines, ovines or caprines;
"meat processor" means a person owning an approved and
licensed installation wherein meat products are processed and
packed;
Cap. 449.
Safety Act. 
Packing of meat 
and Maltese type 
sausages.
3. (1) No meat processor may pack prescribed food or offer
for sale such food other than in gross quantities, and only to meat
sellers or for catering purposes.
(2) No meat seller may pack or offer for sale packed
prescribed food other than from his butcher shop.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulations (1) and
(2) of this regulation, a meat processor or a meat seller may pack or
offer for sale vacuum-packed Maltese type sausages in packets
weighing not less than two kilogrammes each. 
Sale of meat 
products.
4. Each meat seller, grocer or meat processor shall be bound
to ensure that meat products which are not classified as prescribed
food, are: 
( a ) prepared and prepacked in duly licensed factories;
( b ) solid in unopened packets; and
( c ) stored and offered for sale in accordance with sanitary
regulations.
Penalties.
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provisions of these Regulations, shall be liable -
( a ) on a first conviction to a fine ( multa ) of not less than
ten liri but not exceeding fifty liri;
( b ) on a second conviction after twelve months from the
first conviction, to a fine ( multa ) of not less than fifty
liri but not exceeding one hundred liri;
( c ) on a second conviction within twelve months from the
first conviction or on a third or subsequent conviction,
to a fine ( multa ) of not less than one hundred liri but
not exceeding two hundred liri and to the suspension
of his licence for a period of not less than one month
but not exceeding six months.
