Over 300 S’gor eateries shut down over hygiene violations

Taste test: Lukanisman sampling food during his visit to a booth at the 2024 World Food Safety Day event in KLIA. With him is Selangor Health director Dr Ummi Kalthom Shamsudin. — ART CHEN/The Star

SEPANG: The Health Ministry has shut down 334 eateries in Selangor since 2022 for various violations related to food safety and hygiene, says Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

The Deputy Health Minister said between 2022 and June this year, the ministry had conducted 6,179 inspections under an initiative called Ops Clean Premises.