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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

Ref : EIC 694/2

2 August 2001

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 119/01

Malaysia : Import Measures on Foods containing
Acid-Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP)

The Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health of Malaysia has announced in a notification to World Trade Organization dated 26 July 2001 certain import measures regulating the content of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in foods containing acid-HVP.

  1. Effective from 1 August 2001, all foods containing acid-HVP (for example, certain soy sauce and oyster sauce) entering Malaysia should comply with the following requirements:

  1. a legal limit of 0.02mg/kg for 3-MCPD in foods containing HVP, a legal limit of 1mg/kg for 3-MCPD in acid-HVP; and

  2. all imported acid-HVP and foods containing HVP must be accompanied by a Health Certificate from the competent authority stating the level of 3-MCPD detected.

  1. The Malaysian authority also provides a contact point as follows:

Director, Food Quality Control Division
Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia
4th Floor, Block E, Offices Complex, Jalan Dungun
Damansara Heights, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: (603) 255 5943, Fax: (603) 253 7804, E-mail: ccp-malaysia@dph.gov.my

ENQUIRIES

  1. Should you have any enquiries on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia Chan at telephone number 2398 5444.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

(Stanley WAN)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.