Category: Food EN

CAP is concerned about the four-year-old boy who died after choking on a piece of jelly candy in his house in Kampung Batu Manikar, Labuan, on 20 May. In 2004, we had called for an immediate ban on this type of sweet from the market as it posed as a choking hazard. This boy could have been alive today if immediate action to permanently remove these products from the market had been put...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) to allow the slaughtering of poultry in the market as consumers should have a choice between dressed poultry and those that are freshly slaughtered in wet markets. The reasons for doing away with the slaughtering poultry are not good enough because there are ways to circumvent the existing problems than...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to compliment the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) for wanting to strengthen enforcement exercise in the state as reported recently in the media. Currently the MBPP’s is limited in the issuance of compound to dirty food outlets. As of now, only the Health Department has the power to close down illegal and dirty premises under Section 38...

The Consumers Association of Penang is appalled by the statement made by the Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Sim Tze Tsin that Malaysian farmed prawns are safe for consumption. According to his Facebook “The Department of Fisheries has a stringent monitoring system against all shrimp farms across the country."Regular checks and enforcement are done to ensure Malaysian...

The Consumers Association of Penang would like to congratulate the researchers for coming out with the report on the high sodium content in instant noodles (Berita Harian 17/10/19). Since, 2010 CAP has been calling on the Ministry of Health to highlight the dangers of instant noodles. As the consumption of instant noodles can easily cause excessive sodium intake as sodium is commonly used in our...

According to a survey carried out by the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP)  the price of plain water sold at food outlets such as restaurants and food stalls are exorbitant. The price survey at restaurants and food stalls in Penang found that the traders were selling a glass of warm water for RM 0.40 to RM 1.20. It costs a restaurant only 85 cents per 1,000 litres of water.  Even if a...

Consumers are living beyond their means because of the escalating food prices. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has been highlighting the astronomical increase in food prices for decades but the calls have fallen on deaf ears. We are now experiencing high cost of living caused by multiple factors and one reason is that we have been too dependent on imported food which negatively...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang cautions the people to refrain from drinking the boba milk tea which is also known as bubble tea or boba juice for health reasons. A study conducted by the Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore found that a 500ml cup of brown sugar boba milk tea can contains about 92g of sugar. This is about three times as much sugar as in a 320ml can of Coca Cola. Forty-three...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is highly sceptical when Heineken Malaysia Bhd announced in June that it will be launching Heineken 0.0 non-alcoholic malt beverage in July 2019. In fact, it was planning to sell the product in 14 markets across Europe, Russia, and Israel. Although Heineken said that it is going to tap the global trend of moderate alcohol consumption where a...