WTO notification · TBT
MalaysiaProposed measure, may since have been adopted
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Draft amendments of regulations 360A, 360B And 360C of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U. (A) 437/1985]
Malaysia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 6 January 2026. The comment period closed on 7 March 2026.
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Mineral water
The comment period closed on 7 March 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MYS/132; it can take them up with Malaysia.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] involve the following: (a) amendments to regulation 360A on natural mineral water to — substitute the existing definition of natural mineral water with 'Natural mineral water shall be water which is obtained for human consumption from subterranean water-bearing strata through a spring, well, bore or other exit, characterised by its content of certain mineral salts and the presence of trace elements or of other constituents with or without the addition of carbon dioxide'; substitute the source of natural mineral water being 'the point of natural emergence or artificial abstraction of the water and collected under conditions' with 'natural sources or extract from underground water-bearing strata'; and; recognise 'any equivalent process' to the existing listed treatments as the treatment of natural mineral water. (b) amendments to regulations 360B and 360C regarding the provisions to revoke or suspend a packaged drinking water and vended water licence
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