A bitter taste in our mouths

As Malaysians, we love our food and we love eating out. But there is still plenty of room for improvement when it comes to hygiene and food safety, what with the disgusting finds in our meals. Aware of a spike in consumer complaints, two ministries are increasing enforcement to get food premises to clean up their act. 

“A total of 10,226 food premises nationwide, consisting mainly of restaurants and food stalls, were closed under Section 11 of the Act between 2013 and March this year because they were dirty,” Dr Noor Hisham tells Sunday Star.