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Malaysia General Goods Labelling Compliance
Household cleaning chemicals, textiles & apparel, GHS hazard labels and other general consumer goods.
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Household Cleaning Products / Chemicals Labelling Overview (Malaysia)
In Malaysia, household cleaning products are regulated on three layers according to ingredients, identity and claims: GHS labelling and SDS under CLASS 2013, KPDN consumer-product labelling, and Pesticides Board registration for disinfectant/insecticidal claims. One read to understand how to position your product.
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Malaysia Tobacco and Nicotine Products (Act 852): Packaging, Warnings and Nicotine Limits
The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852) took effect on 1 October 2024, covering cigarettes, vapes and heated tobacco; it mandates health warnings, pictorials, nicotine limits and MOH registration.
Malaysia Textiles and Apparel Labelling: No Dedicated Law, but These Rules You Must Know
Malaysia has no mandatory fibre-composition labelling law for apparel like the EU does; it is mainly governed by KPDN's Trade Descriptions Act 2011 — once you label it, you cannot label it falsely. Pre-packaged apparel is additionally governed by the net-quantity marking order.
Malaysia Hazardous Chemicals CLASS Regulations: Classification, Labelling and the Full SDS Obligations
To supply hazardous chemicals in Malaysia, you must comply with the CLASS Regulations 2013 (P.U.(A) 310/2013) under DOSH, completing GHS classification, bilingual labelling and a 16-section SDS, and submitting an annual chemical inventory.
Malaysia Food-Contact Plastics: Food Regulations 1985, MS 2234 and Migration Limits
Food-contact plastics such as lunch boxes, water bottles and food-storage containers are governed by Part VI of the Food Regulations 1985: they must not render food harmful or cause it to deteriorate. Plastics are tested to MS 2234, feeding bottles must not contain BPA, and a migration-limit draft is being advanced.