PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) has opened an investigation paper into a sandwich bread factory in Sunway Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor for suspected misuse of the halal logo.
Its enforcement director-general, Datuk Azman Adam said in a statement on Monday (Jan 13) that the factory was being investigated for suspected violations of Paragraph 4(1) of the Trade Description Act 2011 [Act 730], which is an offense under Paragraph 8(a) of the Trade Description Order (Halal Certification and Marking) 2011.
The investigation paper was opened following a raid on the factory by a Putrajaya KPDN enforcement team with the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) on Thursday (Jan 9) after Jakim received a complaint about the use of the halal logo on the factory’s bread products.
"The premises is a factory that produces and supplies sandwich bread products using Jakim halal logos that are suspected to have expired.
"Further checks revealed that the premises did not have halal certification from Jakim and the halal logo placed on the sandwich bread products was given to another company that is no longer operating and sold their business to the company that was raided.
"The halal certificate was confirmed to have expired on Oct 15, 2023,” he said, adding that the team confiscated an assortment of sandwich bread, a computer, a printer and related business documents.
Azman said KPDN would also send samples of the sandwich bread to the Chemistry Department to confirm its actual contents.
"Consumers are advised to not be easily deceived and to be careful in choosing products with valid halal certification.
"Ensure that the halal certification is acknowledged by the relevant authorities. Information and complaints regarding halal certification can be obtained at the following link: www.halal.gov.my," he added.- Bernama
