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On 2 March 2018, Malaysia Ministry of Health notified1 the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft amendment of the Regulation 27A, Food Regulations 19852 for feeding bottles. The regulation 27A currently bans Bisphenol A in feeding bottles and restricts nitrosamines and nitrosatable substance in teats. The draft amendment proposed to include teats which are sold separately and prescribe the labelling requirements for feeding bottles and teats. The public can submit their comments until 1 May 2018.
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Subpart of the regulation |
Draft Amendment |
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(1) |
Addition of definitions of feeding bottles and teats. a. Feeding bottle refers to a container used specifically for storing milk or other liquid for consumption by infants and children, which consist of bottle, lid, teat, and teat cover, and it shall include container of other form made intentionally to be used in the same manner as that of feeding bottle. b. Teat refers to a substitute nipple that when attached to a container holding a fluid permits a baby to obtain the fluid from the container by sucking. |
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(5) |
Additional labelling requirement that the feeding bottles or teats shall be clearly labelled with instructions for proper cleaning and sterilisation of the product and below information. a.For feeding bottles b.For teats to be sold separately from feeding bottles |
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(6) |
Newly required the component parts including teats that are sold separately from feeding bottle should not contain below presentations: a. On its label any picture, graphic or text which suggest similarity of the product with a mother’s breast, pictures or graphic of infants or parts of infants or any other persons; and |
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