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Day: May 31, 2024

Day: May 31, 2024

Ministry of Health bans sale of two types of spice products from India

Lai Cheng May 31, 2024 0 Comments
The Health Ministry has issued an order to stop the sale of two spice products from India suspected of containing ethylene oxide, an active ingredient in detergents. "Any traders, including online traders, who have stocks of these products are directed to stop the sale of the related products. "All e-commerce platforms and social media are requested to immediately cease advertisements for these...
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Lack of recognition of farmers’ rights by Malaysian government is worrying

Lai Cheng May 31, 2024 0 Comments
The following statement released by the Malaysian Food Sovereignty Forum is endorsed by 34 Malaysian organisations – including Consumers Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia. We refer to the response of the Government of Malaysia1 to the communication document issued by Michael Fakhri2 , the Special Rapporteur on The Right to Food regarding the proposal for Malaysia to join the 1991...
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Enact the Generational End Game (GEG) law without delay

Lai Cheng May 31, 2024 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to enact a Generational End Game (GEG) which was adopted by the previous parliamentary special committee. It provides the roadmap to eliminate the social disease of smoking and vaping. The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS): Adolescent Health, Malaysia 2022 reveals that “65.7% had initiated cigarette smoking, and 48.5% had...
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