Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) health officers ordered five out of 15 eateries it inspected in Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama, to close temporarily.
They each received a “Grade D” rating due to unsatisfactory cleanliness levels.
These eateries were found to have rat droppings, improper food storage, substandard food handling and a failure to provide pest control records or measures, MBSJ said in a media statement.
They will be closed for 14 days for thorough cleaning works, though they may reopen earlier provided the cleaning is completed and they pass a re-inspection.
Six notices were also issued for various offences, including eatery employees’ failure to wear aprons and head coverings, operators’ failure to instal grease traps, dirty premises and food handlers’ failure to get anti-typhoid vaccination.
MBSJ’s Corporate and Strategic Management Department said these were among the offences detected during a joint operation earlier this week to inspect food and business premises along Jalan Utama 2/1 and 2/2 in Taman Perindustrian Puchong Utama, Puchong.
The operation aimed to strengthen law enforcement measures, improve public hygiene levels and ensure compliance with licence conditions within MBSJ’s jurisdiction.
It involved various internal MBSJ departments, such as Enforcement, Health, Engineering, Environmental Management, Urban Planning, Building and Licensing, along with external agencies such as the police, Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry and Indah Water Konsortium.
The inspection covered 57 out of 79 premises in the commercial area.
“The operation identified a number of premises that had failed to comply with business licence conditions, had unsatisfactory cleanliness levels, poor waste management or committed other offences under the MBSJ by-laws,” said the statement.
“A total of 22 notices were issued, for various offences such as running a business without a valid licence, advertising offences and violations of various business licence conditions.
“In addition, the team also confiscated trading equipment and goods at four premises, while one establishment was ordered to close for failing to comply with MBSJ’s by-laws.”
MBSJ also demolished a ramp and slab that were illegally built by a carwash business and retail shop respectively.
It issued four notices related to waste management offences and industrial pollution.
SSM also issued compounds on several premises for offences under the Business Registration Rules 1957 and the Companies Act 2016.
The city council reminded all business operators and owners to comply with the stipulated licence conditions, prioritise cleanliness of premises, ensure proper waste management and obey all regulations and guidelines.
