Category: Food EN

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.

In conjunction with the World Environment Day 2013, the Consumer’s Association of Penang urges consumers to end food wastage. This year’s theme for World Environment Day celebration is Think. Eat. Save, which is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages reducing our food print. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food...

CAP calls on all Malaysians not to take the horse meat scare rocking Europe lightly and to refrain from eating meat products especially burgers, salami, sausages, and canned meat until the authorities can guarantee that the meat is free from any form of contamination. The Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperatives should work...

CAP calls on the Malaysian government to review four genetically modified (GM) events that have been approved for human and animal consumption in the light of latest findings that reveal potential human and animal toxicity. The four events (MON810, MON863 and NK603 maize, and GTS-40-3-2 soya) were approved administratively some years ago. At that time of decision, for instance in the case of...

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on consumers to be careful when they indulge in fast food. Besides being high in fats sugar or salt, fast food could lead to severe food poisoning. Recently a family in Sydney won a case against fast food giant KFC after salmonella poisoning left their daughter paralysed. The victim was awarded $8 million (RM25.5 million), but KFC will appeal the case....