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MalaysiaProposed measure, open for comments

Food – Malaysia

Official title

Amendments to regulations 19 and Ninth Schedule of Regulation 23 of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]

Malaysia notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 30 September 2026. Comments are open until 29 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

All food

Notifying member
Malaysia
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/MYS/73
ICS classification
  • 67 FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 29 November 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 29 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/MYS/73 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Malaysia.

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What the notification says

The proposed amendment to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] are as follows: Amendment to regulations 19, by inserting sweeteners in the definition of 'food additive', and to insert new sub regulation (3A) prescribing the definition and specification requirements for monk fruit extract; and; Amendment to Ninth Schedule of regulation 23 by deleting item 3 relating to 'yeast extract or dried inactive yeast or autolyzed yeast or combination of these', and corresponding specification.

Sources

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