ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE NOTICE

With reference to press release number PR 250325 published on 26th February 2025 and in accordance with the Food Safety Act and Regulation (EC) No. 178 of 2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health wishes to inform the public that following information received through few operators and later was confirmed via the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, the following products must not be consumed in view of the presence of pesticide, chlorpyrifos.

For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Environmental Health Services between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333 or by email on admin.ehd@gov.mt .  The public is also being invited to access the Directorate's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EHDMalta  or our official website at https://environmentalhealth.gov.mt for similar information.