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MALAYSIA FOOD JAPAN

REGULATION
S
Except as otherwise provided in these JAS law and Food Sanitation Law
Regulations, any word, statement, LABELLING require that the label on retail packages
information or direction that for imported food
is required by these Regulations to appear products should include the following
on the label of any package of food shall information, in Japanese. While
(a) in the case of food produced, prepared nutritional labelling is voluntary in
or packaged in Malaysia, be in Bahasa Japan, MHLW requires food
Malaysia manufacturers to provide nutritional
(b) in the case of imported food, be in information on the label under MHLW
Bahasa Malaysia or English, and in either nutritional labelling guidelines.
case may include translation thereof in any Nutritional labelling must be in
other language. Japanese,
No materials shall be used
Milk shall be the product prepared from MILK AND except for water, raw milk,
the constituents of milk combined with MILK cow's milk, special milk,
water or milk or both and shall be PRODUCT low fat cow's milk, non-fat
subjected to pasteurization, sterilization or cow's milk, whole milk
ultra-high temperature. It may contain salt powder, skimmed milk
and permitted food conditioner. In all powder, concentrated milk,
other respects, it shall comply with the concentrated skimmed
standard for pasteurized milk, sterilized milk, evaporated milk,
milk or ultra-high temperature milk, as the evaporated skimmed milk,
case may be, prescribed in regulations cream and butter, butter
85, 86 and 87. oil, butter milk and butter
milk powder not using additives.
Components shall not
be removed. Mixing with other
materials are prohibited
(except steam
generated when
sterilized by heating
directly at ultrahigh
temperatures.)
Frozen meat shall be meat that for one
continuous period from the time of MEAT AND Frozen meat products must be stored at
preparation for sale has been MEAT temperatures below -15°C.
maintained at a temperature below minus PRODUCT
18°C and shall not have been thawed
before sale.
1. Blood used as a raw material must be
Not stated Blood, Blood cooled to temperatures below 4°C
immediately after collection and after
Corpuscles
cooling it must be kept at temperatures
and Blood below 4°C.
Plasma 2. Material blood should be fresh and
of normal properties