Category: Food EN

Your leftovers are needed by a lot of people.

Simple foods that can alleviate pain.

The recent report on eggs from a farm Teo Seng Capital Berhad being suspended by the Singaporean authorities shows that Malaysians are being rated as second-class consumers where food safety is concerned. The eggs were rejected as they were found to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis bacterium. Again we hear the authorities saying that the eggs are not sold in Malaysia and it is only...

FROM LEFTOVERS TO MEALS Cooking Workshop by CAP                                                       CAP held an educational campaign on 8 October 2022 to create public awareness on food wastage and how to prevent it. During the event, participants were shown a...

PRESS STATEMENT by CAP President Mohideen Abdul Kader on the need to avoid food wastage in conjunction with CAP's "From Leftovers to Meals" public campaign held at CAP's premises on 8 October 2022: DON'T LET EDIBLE LEFTOVER FOOD GO TO WASTE The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is celebrating this year’s Green Action Week themed “Sharing Community” by providing tips on how to convert...

CAP calls on the authorities to come out with urgent solutions to address the enormous food wastage problem that has been dogging the country for many years. Wasting food has direct impacts not only on people locally, but also globally where hundreds of millions of people now have no food to eat every day. The World Food Programme (WFP) recently warned that as many as 828 million people go to...

Our body needs water to function. Two-thirds of our body is made up of water, which we constantly lose through breathing, perspiration, urine and bowel movements. Hence the need to replenish your body's water supply regularly. But do you know: You can hydrate your body with food, not just with water. Lots of fruit and vegetables are also great sources of water. “About 80% of our water intake...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls upon the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to take immediate action against traders selling bottled cooking oil at a rate above the ceiling price set by the government on 8 August 2022. There are traders who are already selling bottled cooking oil at a set price. However, our recent survey shows that some traders are still...