Tests reveal imported rice mixed with local grains, says Mardi


SERDANG: The nation’s top agriculture research agency has confirmed that tests on samples from bags marked as imported white rice have found that between 45% to 50% of them are mixed with local grains.

This practice confirms previously-held suspicions that certain bags of imported white rice have been diluted with local rice, particularly varieties subsidised by the government, officials from the agency stated.

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