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Its deputy minister, Rosol Wahid said the ministry has not “washed its hands” over the issue and will continue monitoring to ensure all meat imported into Malaysia is halal.
“The ministry also guarantees that all imported meat available in the market at this time is halal. We have been able to contain and identify the illicit meat.
“In fact, one company (involved in forging the halal logo over the illegal meat cartel case) was charged in court today.
“The assurance is given because all the meat from the affected premises have already been confiscated. Our responsibility is to ensure that all meat entering Malaysia must be halal except pork which is in another category,” he said.
He spoke to reporters after inspecting a supermarket here on its compliance with the maximum price scheme for the Christmas festive season. He was accompanied by Terengganu domestic trade and consumer affairs director Saharuddin Mohd Kia.
In another development, he said a total of 9,629 business premises nationwide were inspected by the ministry from Dec 22 to Dec 29 for the maximum price scheme during Christmas.
Rosol said only 10 cases involving a total compound of RM1,100 and a total forfeiture of RM386 were recorded in the inspection during the period.
“In one case, it was the failure to display the special price tag (pink) while in another nine cases, there were no price tags displayed. Action was taken in accordance with the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011.
“This shows that the price monitoring scheme is efficient because traders have followed the stipulated rules so as not to take advantage of the festive season (demand),” he said.
He added that the ministry had also started Op Catut in three phases to monitor the price of school items and uniforms in preparation for the start of the 2021 school session.
“The first phase is from Dec 24 to tomorrow, the second phase is from Jan 1 to Jan 19 and the third phase is from Feb 20 to March 7.
“This operation is aimed at weeding out traders who take the opportunity to increase the price of school uniform and equipment, such as bags, shoes, socks and scarves,” he said.
In the first phase of operations, a total of 279 premises were inspected involving 1,154 items of which a total of 271 notifications were issued for further action.
Apart from that, Rosol said the ministry will also launch a “Back To School” campaign to make it easier for parents to buy school items.
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