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    Cheese Snack
    Malaysia


    This section provides the safety parameters (microbiological, contaminants, heavy metals, pesticides, veterinary residues, and food contact materials).

    8.1 Microbiological Standards


    Provision, Limits, Testing Methods

    Category

    Milk product


    Microbiological standard: 

    Food

    Total Plate Count at 37°C for 48 hr

    Coliform Count at 37°C for 48 hr

    Escherichia coli Count

    Pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, and milk powder (including full cream and skim milk powder)

    10^5 per g or per ml

    5 x 10 per g or per ml 

    Not specified.

    The limit shall comply with good manufacturing practices.

    Ice cream

    5 x 10^4 per g

    100 per g

    Absent in 1 g

    Infant formula

    10^4 per g

    10 per g

    Not specified.

    The limit shall comply with good manufacturing practices.


    Aflatoxin M1: max 0.5 5 mg/kg [MLR of milk].


    Analysis methods are not specified.

    Product

    Frozen cheese snack


    No microbiological standard exists for products to be cooked before consumption.


    Aflatoxin M1: max 0.5 5 mg/kg [MLR of milk].


    Analysis methods are not specified.

    8.2 Contaminants and Heavy Metals


    Provision, Limits, Testing Methods

    Category

    Milk product




    General prohibitions are similar to those mentioned in Section 8.2 of the "General Foods" guidebook for Malaysia. In addition, the below applies: 

    MLR of “Milk and milk product”: 

    • Arsenic: Max 0.5 mg/kg
    • Lead: Max 0.02 mg/kg
    • Mercury: Max 0.05 mg/kg
    • Cadmium: Max 1 mg/kg 
    • Antimony: Max 1 mg/kg 

    Analysis methods are not specified.

    Product

    Frozen cheese snack

    Same as "Category" above.

    8.3 Pesticides


    Provision, Limits, Testing Methods

    Category

    Milk product

    None

    Product

    Frozen cheese snack

    None

    8.4 Veterinary Standards


    Provision, Limits, Testing Methods

    Category

    Milk product

    Please refer to Section 8.4 - Veterinary Standards - of the "General Foods" guidebook for Malaysia.

    Product

    Frozen cheese snack

    Same as "Category" above. Apply MRL of “Milk (cattle)”.

    8.5 Food Contact Materials


    Provision, Limits, Testing Methods

    Category

    Milk product

    Please refer to Section 8.5 - Food Contact Materials - of the "General Foods" guidebook for Malaysia.

    Product

    Frozen cheese snack

    Same as "Category" above.

    8.6 References

    1. The Malaysian Food Regulations 1985 and its Schedules 

    https://hq.moh.gov.my/fsq/peraturanperaturan-makanan-1985

      

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