ALOR SETAR: A chicken slaughtering company in Bukit Pinang has been fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court here for failing to comply with industrial effluent discharge standards.
Kedah Environment Department (DOE) director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said in a statement on Sunday (March 29) that the company was fined after pleading guilty to two offences under environmental regulations.
On the first count, the company was charged with releasing effluent containing concentrations of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5 at 20°C), suspended solids and ammonia nitrogen exceeding the limits set.
The second charge was for releasing effluent containing Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) exceeding the limits set.
The offences were detected during an integrated enforcement operation conducted on July 22 last year, where DOE officers collected samples from the final discharge point in the company’s industrial effluent treatment system.
The samples were later analysed by the Chemistry Department, confirming breaches of environmental regulations.
Sessions judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini imposed the RM30,000 fine after a company director, representing the firm, pleaded guilty to both charges.
The company was charged under Regulations 11(1)(b) and 12(b) of the Environmental (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009, which carry penalties under Regulation 32 of the same regulations. – Bernama
