Dirty food processing factory ordered close for 14 days


Enforcement officers checking on workers at the food processing factory in Jalan Haji Ahmad Badawi, Kepala Batas. (Right) Part of the exposed raw food covered with flies at the factory. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

A FACTORY owner involved in non-halal food production in Kepala Batas, Penang, still did not learn his lesson despite being told to buck up on cleanliness last year.

The half-a-century-old factory processing fish balls and pork-based products was told to close for 14 days during a joint raid led by the Penang Health Department yesterday.

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