Malaysia legislation
Section 12A
Section 12A
(a)
in the case of foreign manufactured or packed food, any person who owns the exclusive rights to distribute or sell the food in Malaysia by way of licence, agreement or franchise from the foreign manufacturer; or
(b)
in the case of locally manufactured or packed food, any person who, not being the manufacturer or packer, has proprietary rights over the distribution and sale of the food, or who, being the manufacturer or packer, distributes or sells the food through and in the name of a marketing agent.
Food 23
(2)
The term “owner of the rights of the manufacturer or packer”
in subsection (1) extends also to any person who, in relation to food, claims or holds himself out as one, whether the food is imported or locally manufactured or packed.
Food containing substances injurious to health