Filthy factories: 10 food processing premises in Sandakan ordered to close

KOTA KINABALU: Ten food processing factories in Sandakan district were ordered to stop operations for two weeks immediately due to unhygienic practices.

Sandakan Health officer Dr Johari Awang Besar said following ongoing spot check operations this month, the factories were found to have violated multiple offences under the Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations 1985.

“From our inspections, among the offences committed were workers not having food handling certificates, workers with no health cards, slippery and dirty floors, improper storage of equipment and poor drainage systems,” he said in a statement on Thursday (March 23).