G/SPS/N/MYS/58  
18 January 2024  
(24-0396) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  MALAYSIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code(s): 0201); Meat of 
bovine animals, frozen (HS code(s): 0202); Meat of swin e, fresh, chilled or frozen 
(HS code(s): 0203); Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0204); 
Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, 
chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 0206); Meat and  edible offal of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls, fresh, chilled or frozen (HS code(s): 
0207); Fresh, chilled or frozen meat and edible offal of rabbits or hares (HS code(s): 
020810); Pig fat, free of lean mea t, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, 
fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (HS code(s): 0209); Milk and 
cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
(HS code(s): 0401); Birds' eggs, i n shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code(s): 0407); 
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats (excl. oil and oleostearin) (HS code(s): 1502)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Amendment to Table I and Table II of the Fifteenth A 
Schedule of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  The proposed amendments to Table I and Table II of the 
Fifteenth A Schedule of the Food Regulations 1985 are as follows:  
1. Deletion of colistin and the particulars relating to it from Table I of the Fifteenth A 
Schedule;  
2. Insertion of colistin in Table II of the Fifteenth A Schedule as a drug prohibited in food.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other dam age from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk 
Management Recommendations (RMRs) For Residues Of Veterinary Drugs in Foods 
(CX/MRL 2 -2021)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/MYS/58  
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM numb er):  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  These proposed amendment s are made in line with a Di rective 
of Malaysian Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984 regarding the listing of all 
polymyxins (except Polymyxin B in the form of topical preparation) as a prohibited 
substance in veterinary drug products in Malaysia. Previously, Malaysia thr ough the 
National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), notified a TBT notification 
(G/TBT/N/MYS/91) to limit the usage of veterinary medicine containing colistin in 
food-producing animal due to the emerging safety issue related to resistance caused by 
colistin. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) "Critically Important 
Antimicrobials for Human Medicine" which is a reference to help formulate and prioritize 
risk assessment and risk management strategies for containing antimicrobial resistance , 
Polymyxin E (colistin) is categorized as Critically Important Antimicrobials based on the 
Annex 1 (List of medically important Antimicrobials) and the Table 2 (Prioritization of 
antimicrobials categorized as "Critically Important" in human medicine).  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
PAgency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Food Safety and Quality Division  
Ministry of Health Malaysia  
Level 4, Menara Prisma  
No. 26, Jalan Persiaran Per dana, Presint 3  
Federal Government Administration Centre  
Tel: +(603) 8885 0797  
Fax: +(603) 8889 3815  
E-mail: sps.fsqd@moh.gov.my  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Food Safety and Quality Division  
Ministry of Health Malaysia  
Level 4, Menara Prisma  
No. 26, Jalan Persiaran Perdana, Presint 3  
Federal Government Administration Centre  
Tel: +(603) 8885 0797  
Fax: +(603) 8889 3815  
E-mail: sps.fsqd@moh.gov.my  
Website: http://fsq.moh.gov.my