Soft Drinks Regulations. Country/Territory Malta Document type Regulation Date 1978 (1997) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Beverages Packaging/labelling Standards Food additives Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract These regulations concern the quality and the composition requirements to be met by soft drinks. No soft drink shall contain any added artificial sweetener other than a permitted artificial sweetener (reg. 3). Only the acids referred to in regulation 4 may be contained in soft drinks; regulation 9 specifies the maximum amount of caffeine which shall be allowed in soft drinks. Regulation 5 concerns labelling. Full text English Website www.legal-malta.com