Malaysia legislation
Section 47
Section 47
(1)
In this Part
―food business‖ means any trade or business for the purposes of which any person engages in the handling of food, but does not include any agricultural activity nor (except in so far as the handling of food may be involved in the course of supplying food for immediate consumption) so much of any trade or business as consists of the handling of food, at, in or upon
(a)
any dock, wharf, public warehouse or cold-air store; or
(b)
any premises or place occupied by a carrier of goods for the purposes of his trade or business as such a carrier; or
(c)
any slaughterhouse; or
(d)
any premises which
(i)
are used exclusively for the storage of food manufactured or packed by the occupier thereof; and
(ii)
are situated outside the curtilage or the premises used for the manufacture or packing of that food; and
(iii)
are not used for the storage of any food which is not in a container;
―food premises‖ means any premises on or from which there is carried on any food business;
―slaughterhouse‖ means a place for slaughtering any animal, the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption, and includes any place available in connection therewith for the confinement of animals while awaiting slaughter there or for keeping or subjecting to any treatment or process, products of the slaughtering of animals there;
―stall‖ includes any stand, tent, vehicle or place in a market or tamu.
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(2)
For the purposes of this Part, a person shall be deemed to engage in the handling of food if for the purpose of a food business he carries out or assists in the carrying out of any process or operation in the sale of food or in the preparation, transport, storage, packing, wrapping, exposure for sale, service or delivery of food.
48-59. (Repealed).
Regulations as to food hygiene.