No products in the cart.

Category: Food EN

How safe are our chicken eggs?

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...
Read More

Green Action Week 2022: Sharing Community “From Leftovers to Meals”

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...
Read More

Crack the Whip on Food Waste

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...
Read More

EAT YOUR WATER

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...
Read More

 COOKING OIL SOLD ABOVE THE SELLING PRICE

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...
Read More

17 SIDE EFFECTS OF EATING FAST FOOD

Fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats, and sodium. When fast food frequently replaces nutritious whole foods in your diet, it can lead to all sorts of bad health outcomes. Here are 17 serious side effects of a fast-food diet — all of which can happen to your body in a relatively short amount of time. You'll be lethargic. Your...
Read More

WHY SMOTHER FRUIT & VEGGIE IN PLASTIC?

Fruit and vegetables come in their own compostable wrapping designed by nature. Corn and bananas for example, come with their own protective covering that is easy to remove and creates no plastic waste. Packaging merely simplifies the handling process of these products for the supermarkets and to facilitate fixing of use-by dates. An 18-month study by the UK food waste charity Wrap found that...
Read More