Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Amendments to regulations 361 to 386A and 387 and insertion of a new regulation, i.e. regulation 384A to the Food Regulations 1985 P.U.(A) 437/1985


WTO code G/SPS/N/MYS/54
Date notice 28/11/2022
Notice type Regular
Title Amendments to regulations 361 to 386A and 387 and insertion of a new regulation, i.e. regulation 384A to the Food Regulations 1985 P.U.(A) 437/1985
Summary

The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 P.U.(A) 437/1985 involve the following:

1. Amendments to regulation 361 on general standard for alcoholic beverages;

2. Amendments to regulations 362 to 386A and 387 on specific requirements of alcoholic beverages in relation to the alcohol content, the addition of other ingredients, the use of food additives and labelling requirements. The purpose of the amendments on all provisions of food additives for alcoholic beverages is to harmonise the food additive requirements with the Codex Alimentarius, i.e., Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA, Codex STAN 192-1995), in line with subregulation 19(2) of the Food Regulations 1985 P.U.(A) 437/1985. The conditions under which food additives may be used in alcoholic beverages can be directly referred to GSFA, Codex STAN 192- 1995; and

3. Insertion of a new regulation, regulation 384A which prescribes the standard and labelling requirements for tequila and mezcal.

Product Beer made from malt (HS code(s): 2203); Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 20.09 (HS code(s): 2204); Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances (HS code(s): 2205); Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 2206); Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength (HS code(s): 2207); Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages (HS code(s): 2208)
Country Malaysia

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Orther Notice:


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G/SPS/N/THA/804 - Announcement of the Department of Livestock Development, Re: Designation of Areas and Animal Species Subject to Animal Identification Marks, and Criteria, Procedures, and Conditions for Animal Identification Marks, B.E. 2560 (2017).
G/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.5 - Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled "Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin"
G/SPS/N/PAN/105 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. QUESO CREMA. ESPECIFICACIONES;.
G/SPS/N/PAN/104 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. LECHE CONDENSADA. ESPECIFICACIONES;.
G/SPS/N/PAN/103 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. LECHE EVAPORADA. ESPECIFICACIONES;.
G/SPS/N/PAN/102 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. LECHE PASTEURIZADA Y LECHE ULTRAPASTEURIZADA (UHT). ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/101 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. FRUTAS Y HORTALIZAS FRESCAS. MANGO. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/100 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. FRUTAS Y HORTALIZAS FRESCAS. AGUACATE. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/99 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. FRUTAS Y HORTALIZAS FRESCAS. NARANJA. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/98 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. FRUTAS Y HORTALIZAS FRESCAS. LIMA-LIMÓN. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/97 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. HELADO. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/96 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. QUESO BLANCO PANAMÁ. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/95 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. QUESO NO MADURADO INCLUIDO QUESO FRESCO.
G/SPS/N/PAN/94 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. LECHE CRUDA. ESPECIFICACIONES.
G/SPS/N/PAN/93 - Reglamento Técnico TECNOLOGÍA DE LOS ALIMENTOS. PRODUCTOS LÁCTEOS. TÉRMINOS LECHEROS.
G/SPS/N/IND/345 - Draft Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of In Vivo Ovine Embryo into India.
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G/SPS/N/IND/343 - Draft Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of Porcine Semen into India.
G/SPS/N/EGY/178 - Draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 355-1 for "Honey and method of analysis - Part: 1 Honey".
G/SPS/N/BRA/2459 - Draft Resolution 1369, 12 December 2024. Language(s): Portuguese. Number of pages: 147
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G/SPS/N/BRA/2457 - Draft Resolution 1363, 11 December 2025.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2456 - Draft Resolution 1368, 11 December 2025.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2455 - Draft Resolution 1364, 11 December 2025.
G/SPS/N/BRA/2454 - Draft Resolution 1365, 11 December 2025.
G/SPS/N/TZA/491 - DARS 1033 2025, Pasteurized milk — Specification, First Edition.
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G/SPS/N/RUS/346 - Draft Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendments to the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Regulated Products and Pests at the Customs Border and in the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
G/SPS/N/KOR/835 - Partial Amendment Notice (Draft) of Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods (Notice No. 2025-524, 23 December 2025).
G/SPS/N/CHN/1357 - Requirements for the declaration management of overseas enterprises of imported agricultural products.
G/SPS/N/AUS/628 - Notice of changes to Brucella canis import conditions.
G/SPS/N/AUS/627 - Proposal to amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (9 December 2025).
G/SPS/N/USA/3544 - Receipt of a Pesticide Petition Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities.
G/SPS/N/USA/3543 - Thiamethoxam Pesticide Tolerance. Final Rule.
G/SPS/N/UKR/256 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine "On Approval of the Requirements Restricting the Use of Certain Epoxy Derivatives in Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Food".
G/SPS/N/UKR/253/Add.1 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine "On approval of the Procedure for monitoring and reporting on antimicrobial resistance of zoonotic pathogens and commensal bacteria"
G/SPS/N/KGZ/42 - Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendment to Section 1 of Chapter II of the Common Sanitary- Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary- Epidemiological Supervision (Control).
G/SPS/N/CAN/1628 - Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to authorize the use of polygalacturonase from a new source.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1629 - Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes to authorize the use of phospholipase A1 from a new source.
G/SPS/N/SLV/109/Add.1 - RTS 65.02.01:13 Límites Máximos de Residuos de Plaguicidas Químicos en Frutas y Hortalizas para Producción Nacional e Importación
G/SPS/N/JPN/1380 - Revocation of designation of zinc bacitracin and calcium halofuginone polystyrenesulfonate as feed additives.
G/SPS/N/JPN/1379 - Emergency measures to mitigate the risk of introducing Bactrocera dorsalis species complex.
G/SPS/N/THA/724/Add.1 - Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification No. 461 entitled "Extraction Solvent for use in Food Production"
G/SPS/N/MYS/70 - Proposed Amendment of the Food Act 1983 (Act 281)
G/SPS/N/UKR/252/Add.1 - Draft Order of the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 813 of 20 October 2022"
G/SPS/N/RUS/343 - Draft Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission on Amendment to Section 1 of Chapter II of the Common Sanitary- Epidemiological and Hygienic Requirements for Products Subject to Sanitary- Epidemiological Supervision (Control)
G/SPS/N/MYS/70 - Proposed Amendment of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281]
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