. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MYS/23 
8 April 2011  
 (11-1766) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MALAYSIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
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
 
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 :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 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):  Meat, Poultry and their 
Products (ICS:  67.120; HS Code: 02 - Chap ter 2 - Meat and edible meat offal). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Malaysian 
Protocol for the Halal Meat and Poultr y Productions (30 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content:  This Malaysian Protocol for the Halal Meat and Poultry Productions 
prescribes practical guidelines for abattoir /slaughterhouse on slaugh tering, stunning method, 
further dressing process, storag e and transportation of halal me at, poultry and their products. 
It shall be used together with the Malaysia n Standard MS 1500:2009, Halal food - Production, 
preparation, handling and storage - General guidelines (Second revision).   
This protocol was developed to give clear gu idance in the producti on of halal meat, poultry 
and their products.  It will apply to all esta blishments producing halal meat, poultry and their 
products including those intending to export to  Malaysia.  This protocol serves as a 
supplement requirement for MS 1500:2009. G/TBT/N/MYS/23 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
ensure that meat, poultry and their products are complied with Malays ia Halal Requirements 
and not falsely declared as Halal.  
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Draft Malaysian Protoc ol for the Halal Meat and Poultry Productions (30 pages, in 
English). 
2. MS 1500:2009, Halal food - Production, prepar ation, handling and storage - General 
guidelines (Second revision) (19 page s, in English and Malay).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    February 2011 
August 2011 
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 addresses, if available of the other body:   
The MS 1500:2009 can be purchased from: 
Sales and Promotion Services Section 
Standards Research and Management Centre SIRIM Berhad 
No. 1, Persiaran Dato’ Menteri 
Section 2, 40911 Shah Alam Selangor MALAYSIA Tel.:  (+603) 5544 6102/ 6118 
Fax:  (+603) 5544 6114/ 6146 
Email:  mailto:msonline@sirim.my
 
 Department of Standards Malaysia Ministry of Science, Technology  and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) 
Century Square, Level 1 & 2, Block 2300 
Jalan Usahawan, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor 
Tel:  (+603) 8318 0002 Fax:  (+603) 8319 3131 Email:  central@standardsmalaysia.gov.my
 
Website:  http://www.standa rdsmalaysia.gov.my  
 
The Malaysian Standard is also available online at:  http://www.msonline.gov.my  
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/MYS/11_0992_00_e.pdf