WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/172
10 April 2000
(00-1435)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MALAYSIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food Regulation
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Introduce New
Regulation on Nutrition Claims and on the Label (8 pages, English)
6. Description of content:   This proposal covers the provision on the labelling claims,
nutrition labelling, nutrient content claim, nutrient comparative claims and nutrient function
claim.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
For consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:   Malaysia Food Act and Regulations, amendments 1999 (English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   15 June 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
WTO Enquiry Point
SIRIM Berhad1 Persiaran Dato' Mentri
P.O. Box 7035
Section 2
40911 Shah Alam
MALAYSIA
Tel: +(603) 5516 7111
Fax: +(603) 5516 7114
Email: isd_resource@sirim.my