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MalaysiaCorrected since it was notified

Food – Malaysia

Official title

Draft Amendment to Regulation 14 of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]

Malaysia issued a correction on 27 October 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/MYS/140. The measure was first notified on 23 October 2026. Comments are open until 22 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

All food items

Notifying member
Malaysia
Status
Corrected since it was notified
Objectives
  • Other
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
  • Harmonization
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/MYS/140Latest notice: G/TBT/N/MYS/140/Corr.1
ICS classification
  • 67.040 Food products in general
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 22 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Six months from the date of publication

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 TBT enquiry point before 22 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MYS/140/Corr.1 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Malaysia.

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What the notification says

The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] is to amend Regulation 14 on the formatting of the date marking

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. CorrigendumG/TBT/N/MYS/140/Corr.1

    Draft Amendment to Regulation 14 of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]

    The notification G/TBT/N/MYS/140 was published erroneously and should therefore be considered null and void.

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/MYS/140

    Comment deadline: Open until 22 December 2026

    Draft Amendment to Regulation 14 of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]

    The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] is to amend Regulation 14 on the formatting of the date marking

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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    Communications Equipment – Baseline Requirements (MCMC MTSFB TC T022:2026)

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/142Comments until 3 January 2027

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    Short Range Devices – Specifications (Third Revision) (MCMC MTSFB TC T007:2026)

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/141Comments until 3 January 2027

  3. WTO notificationTBTCorrected since it was notified

    Draft Amendments to Regulations 2 and 361 of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985].

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/139/Corr.1Comments until 22 December 2026

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/138Comments until 29 November 2026

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