. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MYS/27 
14 December 2011  
 (11-6495) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  MALAYSIA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Malaysia 
No. 13, Persiaran Perdana 
Presint 2 
62623 Putrajaya MALAYSIA Tel.:  +(603) 8882 5979/5886 Fax:  +(603) 8882 5983 Website:  http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) 
Halal Hub Division 
Ground Floor, Block 2200 
Enterprise 3 Building, Persiaran APEC 63000 Cyberjaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia  Tel.:  (+603) 8315 0200/ (+603) 8886 4000 
Fax:  (+603) 8318 7044/ (+603) 8889 4951 
Website:  http://www.islam.gov.my  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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 and food products 
and consumer products (HS: Chap ters 2 to 24, 49, 61 to 67, 91, 92, 94 to 96) (ICS: Chapters 
67 and 97). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Trade Description 
(Definition of 'Halal') Order 2011 (5 pages, in English) and Trade Description (Certification 
and Marking of Halal) Order 2011 (6 pages, in English)  G/TBT/N/MYS/27 
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  6. Description of content:   
a. Trade Description (Defin ition of Halal) Order 2011  
This Order defines the definition of halal ac cording to Hukum Syarak  (Islamic Law). The 
Order prescribes that anyone who describes an y food or goods supplied by  him as ‘halal’ shall 
comply with the requirement st ipulated under this Order. Cont ravention to such requirements 
is an offence and shall be liable for punishment. 
b. Trade Description (Certification and Marking of 'Halal') Order 2011  
This Order imposes for certification and mark ing of the word halal on food and goods which 
intended to be described as halal. The author ised agency to do certification is Malaysian 
Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) and the Islamic Council of each State (MAIN). 
For imported products, besides JAKIM and MAIN , certification by recognised halal body as 
listed in Schedule 2 of this Order is acceptable . Any contravention to the provisions of this 
Order is an offence and shall be liable for punishment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
ensure that food and food products and consum er products that are supplied and sold in 
Malaysia are not falsely declared as ‘Halal’. These requirements are applicable to both local and imported products. For local products, onl y Halal logo issued by Malaysia's competent 
authority is recognised. For im ported products, Halal logo/label issued by Halal certification 
bodies recognised by Malaysia's competent authority is accepted.  
The list of recognised halal certification body is available at JAKIM's website 
http://www.islam.gov.my  
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Trade Description Act  201 1 (47 pages, in English) 
2. Trade Description (Definition of Ha lal) Order 2011 (5 pages, in English) 
3. Trade Description (Certification and Ma rking of Halal) Order 2011 (6 pages, in 
 English) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   1st Jan 2012 
1st Jan 2012 (Local)1st  Jan 2013 (Imported) 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/MYS/11_4246_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/MYS/11_4246_01_e.pdf