Category: Food EN

On the occasion of World Consumers Rights Day the Consumers Association of Penang calls on the authorities to ban the use of antibiotics in animal feed. We also call on the fast food chains to stop feeding Malaysians with meats sourced from antibiotic-fed farm animals. The European Union and many countries have banned the non-medical use of antibiotics in animal feeds to combat the crisis caused...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) cautions consumers from consuming food cooked using plastic ladles and spoons or hot food stored in plastic containers. From a public health perspective, heated plastic is an unnecessary source of exposure to harmful elements and stringent measures must be taken to prevent it. The use of plastics has increased exponentially. Global plastics...

According to the latest WHO data published in April 2011, hypertension deaths in Malaysia reached 1,251 or 1.22% of total deaths. Studies have shown that 1 in 3 or about 32.7% of Malaysians aged 18 years and above are suffering from hypertension. Hypertension is a condition associated with increased risk for stroke, cardiac failure, renal failure and peripheral vascular disease. Several factors...

New tricks to attract children into becoming future smokers While efforts are being made to curb smoking menace worldwide, there are some ill forces which are going all way out to break this effort. A survey conducted by CAP shows products resembling popular brands of cigarettes, targeting children are sold in the market. CAP official bought sweets named “LOVECIGA CANDY” in red and green...

Several studies on our meats like chicken (both imported and local), beef, mutton and frozen burgers have found an alarmingly high incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in them.  Eating foods contaminated with such bacteria can cause life-threatening complications as the treatment of such cases may be difficult. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animal feeds has caused the spread of...

The food system that has come about exists only to feed us. Is this what you imagined it would look like? A well-shot window into the industrial food system, which many of us are not aware of.  Watch video here.