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Notifying Member: MALAYSIA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Food Safety and Quality Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia

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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): Various commodities

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Draft amendments to the Sixteenth Schedule (Regulation 41) of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U. (A) 437/1985]. Pesticide Residue. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 4

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Description of content: The proposed amendments to the Sixteenth Schedule (Regulation 41) of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U. (A) 437/1985] regarding the Pesticide Residues involve the following details:

1._    Addition of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for 19 new pesticides:

Tetraniliprole, Permethrin, Carfentrazone-Ethyl, Clomazone, Cyproconazole, Esfenvalerate, Metolachlor, Oxolinic Acid, Picoxystrobin, Pretilachlor, Pydiflumetofen, Difenoconazole, Methidathion, Propineb, Pyridaben, Fenazaquin, Isocycloseram, Omethoate, Cyflufenamid;

2._    Addition of new MRLs for new commodities related to existing pesticides:

Ametoctradin, Buprofezin, Chromafenozide, Lufenuron, Glufosinate-Ammonium, Prochloraz, Propiconazole, Cyromazine, Tebuconazole, Trifloxystrobin, Azoxystrobin, Spinetoram, Imidacloprid, Carbaryl, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Pyriproxyfen, Dinotefuran, Clothianidin, Deltamethrin, Carbaryl, Metalaxyl, Amitraz, Cyfluthrin/ beta-cyfluthrin, Acetamiprid, Emamectin benzoate, Pirimiphos-methyl, Difenoconazole, Fluopyram, Hexaconazole, Iprodione, Fenvalerate, Thiamethoxam, Zeta-Cypermethrin, Bifenthrin, Clethodim;

3._    Deletion of three MRLs and its particulars:

Trichlorfon, Monocrotophos and Methamidophos.

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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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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): Codex Pesticides Residues in Food Online Database

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[ ]        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: Some of the proposed pesticides MRLs are not in Codex Alimentarius and some of the proposed pesticides MRLs differ from Codex Alimentarius such as Tetraniliprole in cabbage, Ametoctradin in tomato, Propiconazole in banana, Pydiflumetofen in maize, Pydiflumetofen in watermelon, Cyromazine in spring onion, Tebuconazole in spring onion, Fluopyram in strawberry and Isocycloseram in tomato. The proposed pesticides MRLs were established based on residue trials carried out in Malaysia and by other countries.

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 10 March 2026

Agency 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 Programme

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Level 4, Menara Prisma

No.26, Jln. Persiaran Perdana, Precint 3

62675 Federal Territory Putrajaya, Malaysia

Tel: +(603) 8885 0797

E-mail: sps.fsqd@moh.gov.my

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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 Programme

Ministry of Health Malaysia

Level 4, Menara Prisma

No.26, Jln. Persiaran Perdana, Precint 3

62675 Federal Territory Putrajaya, Malaysia

Tel: +(603) 8885 0797

E-mail: sps.fsqd@moh.gov.my