Two filthy food-processing premises ordered shut for two weeks

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BUTTERWORTH: Two premises here - a soy sauce factory and a bakery - have been ordered to close for two weeks due to dirty conditions and non-compliance with food safety and quality standards.

The premises were inspected on Thursday as part of"Ops Bersih" conducted by the Penang Health Department.

"Therefore, the department has issued a closure notice order, under Section 11 of the Food Act 1983, for 14 days for the two premises, effective today,” he said at a press conference after the operation here Thursday. Wazir said that the soy sauce factory, which has been operating for 50 years, was also suspected of using contaminated recycled plastic bottles.

 

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