A member of the KPDNHEP enforcement team checking the price list displayed on the chiller for dressed chicken at a poultry stall in the Bayan Baru Market in Penang. All poultry sellers on Penang island are required to instal chillers to keep the chickens fresh under a new policy of the city council that is compulsory after Hari Raya. – LIM BENG TATT/The Star
THE Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) branch in Penang is not letting down its guard in weeding out unscrupulous traders who take advantage of the Hari Raya festive season to hike up prices of food items, especially controlled food products.
Its director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said from the total 1,448 checks carried out during Ops Pantau, 14 notices involving a total fine of RM3,200 were issued under ‘Ops Rantaian Ayam’ to traders who had increased chicken prices during the festive season.
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Enforcers checking prices at stalls selling vegetables, sundry goods and seafood.
Enforcers checking prices at stalls selling vegetables, sundry goods and seafood.
Enforcers checking prices at stalls selling vegetables, sundry goods and seafood.
