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Malaysia Quarantine and Inspection
Services Division (MAQIS)
Malaysia Quarantine and Inspection
Services Division (MAQIS) was
established to provide integrated
services relating to quarantine,
inspection and enforcement at entry
points quarantine station, premises
quarantine through Malaysian
Quarantine and Inspection Services
Act 2011 (Act728) which came into
force on 1 January 2012. MAQIS
serves to enforce all written laws
related to ensure that plants, animals,
carcasses, fish, agricultural products,
soils, microorganisms and food that
are imported to and exported from
Malaysia comply with the health
aspects of human, animals, plants
and fish and food safety besides to
assist exporters in issues pertaining to
market access and to comply with the
requirements of the importing country
through integrated services
Malaysia Quarantine and Inspection
Services Division (MAQIS)
Level 4, 4G1 Tower, Wisma Tani,
No 28, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 4,
Federal Government Administrative Centre,
62624 Putrajaya
Tel: 03-8870 1618/ 1619 | Fax: 03-8888 4855 by those who want to make decisions
Website: www.maqis.gov.my
Email: feedback.maqis@moa.gov.my
Institute for Agriculture and Agricultural
Development Malaysia (MARDI)
The Institute for Agriculture and
Agricultural Development Malaysia
(MARDI) was established on 28
October, 1969 with the primary
objective of generating and promoting
new, appropriate and efficient
technology for the development of
the food industry, agriculture and
agro-based industries. MARDI is now
rapidly emerging in the fields of food
and agriculture research and goes
up to international level in line with
the mission to generate and transfer
knowledge, technology, competence
and technical services to support the
achievement of government’s goal
of transforming agriculture and agro-
based industry to an innovative sector,
the commercial and competitive. Up
to now, MARDI continuously carries
out research to generate innovative
technologies for the development
of the food industry and agriculture,
to provide consultancy services and
technical support of agricultural
development and food industries as well
as offering services to the joint venture
and licensing in the commercialization
of research results.
Institute for Agriculture and Agricultural
Development Malaysia (MARDI)
MARDI Serdang HQ Station,
Persiaran MARDI-UPM, MARDI HQ,
43400 Serdang, Selangor
Tel: 03-8943 7111 | Fax: 03-8948 3664
Website: www.mardi.gov.my
Federal Agricultural Marketing
Authority (FAMA)
The Federal Agricultural Marketing
Authority, better known as FAMA was
founded on 30 September 1965 and
is aimed at supervising, coordinating,
monitoring and developing the
marketing of the Malaysian agricultural
products, including import and export.
As a marketing agency, FAMA sets
the strategy of expanding the size
of the market with activities such
as market promotion locally and
internationally, the involvement of
farmers in marketing such as flea
markets, marketing and processing of
agricultural products with the brand,
Agromas. In improving the system and
marketing practices, the activities are
well organized by doing grading and
quality assurance, the establishment
of market infrastructure and market
development activities. With the
launch of the latest technologies,
FAMA plans to improve marketing
information to be more efficient so
that the information regarding supply,
information on demand and prices
for agricultural goods might be used