Stricter penalties for unscupulous parties selling ‘mixed rice’


KUALA LUMPUR: Unscrupulous quarters found to have been illegally mixing local white rice with imported white rice to hoodwink consumers will soon face the full brunt of the law when the Domes­tic Trade and Cost of Living Min­istry carries out enforcement under the Trade Descriptions Act 2011 (Act 730).

Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali (pic) said the ministry will be leve­raging on Section 5 of the Act, noting that this will assist in ­identifying those who misled ­buyers with false declarations on rice packaging.

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