Father, son charged with selling unlabelled frozen squid rings that went viral

SHAH ALAM: Two family members pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Thursday (Nov 10) to selling packed frozen squid rings that did not have proper labelling in February.

Khor Hun Poe, 59, and his son Khor Zhi Xiong, 29, were jointly charged with selling to a supermarket here, 3,000 units of the frozen goods without the labelling requirements, such as the name and address of the importer, on Feb 28.

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They were found to have breached paragraph 3(1)(c) of the Price Control (Labelling by Manufacturers, Importers, Producers or Wholesalers) Order 1980 and were charged under Section 57(b) of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 which provides a prison sentence of up to two years and a maximum fine of RM50,000 or both, if convicted.

Judge Rasyihah Ghazali allowed each accused bail of RM4,000 with one surety and fixed Dec 8 for case mention.

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Earlier, Bernama reported that a screenshot was shared by a consumer claiming that the squid rings were made of pig rectums.

However, the Malaysian Chemistry Department confirmed that no pig DNA was detected in the frozen product samples. - Bernama