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Ensure food safety at 9 day vegetarian festival

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Come Saturday 5th October 2013, the Buddhist and Hindu communities will start the observance of going strictly vegetarian for 9 days. Around this time, apart from vegetarian restaurants, we can see many temporary stalls being set up throughout the country selling vegetarian food. Some of these stalls are situated in open areas where food is exposed to road dust and flies. CAP calls...

Non-native Strains of Genetically Modified (GM) Insects Risk Spread of Pesticide Resistance

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Today environmental and civil society groups on five continents warned that plans to release non-native strains of genetically modified (GM) flies in olive fields in Spain and fruit orchards in Brazil pose major risks to crops and the environment, as pesticide resistance or other harmful traits could spread into wild pest populations. The UK-based company Oxitec plans to release GM olive flies in...

Issue 43-5 Sept-Oct 2013

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We have stories which you will not find in other papers -- hard-hitting stuff with no holds barred, for we name the brands, companies or people in our exposes, unlike the commercial papers which are dependent on companies for their advertisements or are owned by political parties. You can expect our views and perspectives to be different, for we are on the side of consumers.

Take food poisoning cases seriously!

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Regular nationwide food checks needed urgently It is indeed depressing and saddening to read news reports about the loss of 3 lives and 60 others hospitalized due to food poisoning after they had consumed food served at a wedding kenduri last Saturday in Kedah. The cause of the poisoning has still not been ascertained but it is believed that it was due to contamination. In the United States, the...

CAP and SAM join NGOs from 40 countries urging Dentsply to Stop Toxic Trade in Dental Amalgam

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With a treaty on mercury to be signed next month, concern is growing that toxic mercury fillings will be dumped into developing nations. In a letter to U.S. manufacturer Dentsply, 62 health, social justice, and environmental groups from 40 nations and six continents ask its president, Bret Wise, to cease selling dental amalgam to developing nations. The letter, found at is organized by the...

Bees are the Nectar of Life

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Save Bees for Biodiversity and for Sustenance of Nature CAP has been propagating natural farming practices for the past few years. Realising the danger of pesticide to human health and the environment, CAP has been educating farmers and the general public on the dangers of pesticide, besides recommending and demonstrating safe and productive natural farming practices. Integrated farming is one...

Sheer waste of water due to leaking tank, Lengkok Mahsuri Flats, Bayan Baru, Penang

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CAP is very disappointed that the leaking water tanks on the rooftop of several blocks in Lengkok Mahsuri has yet to be repaired and this has caused large amounts of water to be wasted. The problem of leaking water tanks has been going on since five years ago, causing water to spill out all the time and more overflow occurs at night. The residents and CAP had complained to the relevant...

Penang Coastal Fishers Forced to Live in Debt: Trawler Vessels still Encroach Coastal Fishing Zone

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia to take more effective action to control the encroachment of trawler vessels in the coastal fishing zone in the state of Penang. CAP’s survey found that the daily earnings of more than 2,000 coastal fishers based in 10 landings in the South-West District have been threatened. The fishers are based in...

Address problems in Pantai Merdeka immediately

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CAP urges the Kedah state government to pay serious attention and take immediate action to address the problem of cleanliness and dire state of basic amenities in a picnic area in Pantai Merdeka near Sungai Petani. CAP’s survey revealed that the area is contaminated with wastewater and all kinds of waste. The equipment in the children’s playground was also in dilapidated condition and...

France concerned of ISDS, Malaysia negotiating the same in TPPA

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Even a powerful European country like France is mindful about the perils of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system. French Trade Minister has warned the European Union against the ISDS mechanism proposed in the EU-US trade agreement as it would allow foreign companies to challenge governments directly. An article titled “Paris raises legal fears over US trade talks” in the...

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