Category: Food EN

Two elderly women died during a stampede involving more than 1,000 people tussling for 200 free food coupons in Kuala Lumpur. The number of people there was five times over the number of available free food coupons for the elderly. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is outraged over this news because it should not have happened and the two women should not have died. People should stop...

As we take note of World Antibiotics Awareness Week from 12-18 November, one of the most pressing problems we face is the persistent presence of foods contaminated with antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistant bacteria. Over the years the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has raised concerns on the use of antiobiotics in livestock production, agriculture and aquaculture in Malaysia,...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) views with serious concern about the escalating costs of vegetables. According to a Malay daily report dated 23 August 2018, Malaysia is the dumping ground for substandard quality vegetables as the result of a lack of enforcement on the imported food products from other countries. Such lack of enforcement resulted in chili imported from Vietnam, China,...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled that brands of tinned sardines contaminated with worms have once more been discovered in our Malaysian market. In mid-April of this year, the health ministry announced that two brands of tinned sardines imported from China and sold in Malaysia were contaminated with dead worms. A little over two months later, six more brands of tinned...

In a couple of weeks Malaysians will be celebrating Hari Raya Puasa. A couple of months later it will be Deepavali, then Christmas, New Year and we start all over again with Chinese New Year.  In the true spirit of Malaysian hospitality we cook, we serve and we often cook more than is required. Better more than less as we do not want the embarrassment of food running short and thereby being...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to differ from the Malaysian Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Penang (MICCI) president Datuk N. Gobalakrishnan’s opinion and that of the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) on the setting up of temporary canopies in Little India. It is not only that the haphazard erection of canopies obstruct fire engines and ambulances from entering...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) to take action on canopies that obstruct the roads (particularly China Street, Penang Street, King Street and Market Street) in Little India. During a recent survey, CAP found that the pitching of canopies concentrated along sections of China Street, Penang Street, King Street and Market Street. CAP...