. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.408
1 September 1999
(99-3604)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MALAYSIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Standards Malaysia
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Standards Development Unit, SIRIM Bhd
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 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 products.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Methods of Sampling
for Meat and Meat Products (First Revision) (in English)
6. Description of content:   The draft Malaysian Standard is the first revision of MS 953:
1985 – Methods of Sampling for Meat and Meat Products.  The draft Standard is technically
to ISO 3100-1: 1991. "Meat and Meat Products" – "Sampling and preparation of test
samples - Part 1:  Sampling".
The draft Malaysian Standard gives general instructions and specifies procedures to
be followed for taking primary samples from meat and meat products.
This draft Malaysian Standard supersedes MS 953:  1985.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Sampling method
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be decided
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 1999G/TBT/Notif.99.408
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
WTO Enquiry Point
SIRIM Berhad
1 Persiaran Dato' MenteriP.O. Box 7035, Section 2
40911 Shah Alam
Malaysia
Fax:  03-556 7114
E-mail:  isd_resource@sirim.my