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PORT KLANG: Selangor Customs has thwarted an attempt to smuggle rice, firecrackers and scrap metal worth RM18.32mil, including duties and taxes, in a recent operation.
SERDANG: Tests on samples from bags marked as imported white rice have found that between 45% and 50% of them have been mixed with local grains, says the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (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.
JOHOR BARU: A joint operation between the police and the Padi and Rice Regulatory Division (KPB), a regulatory body under the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry, has led to the seizure of nearly 2.4 tonnes of rice imported from India worth more than RM19,000.
PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has seized 300 bags of rice from 213 packaging and manufacturing premises inspected during Ops Campur.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is strengthening procedures to crack down on instances of mixing cheaper local white rice into packages of imported rice, says the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry
Bangladesh will import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Vietnam under a cooperation agreement between the two governments.
THE rate of zakat fitrah (personal tithe) will be reviewed by the Kedah Mufti Department in the future following the issue of imported white rice being mixed with locally produced white rice, Berita Harian reported.
KUALA LUMPUR: The padi and rice industry has been mixing local and imported white rice to create brand "variations" for decades, says the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has inspected 308 premises and opened 99 investigation papers under Ops Campur, an enforcement operation targeting rice importers and packers over the issue of mixing imported and local rice.
PUTRAJAYA: A newly-developed "DNA fingerprinting" technology will be used to ensure that imported rice sold in Malaysia is not mixed with local rice.
IPOH: The Perak Customs Department foiled an attempt to import electrical goods worth RM581,850 without permits at the Integrated Customs Inspection Centre in Port Klang in January and February, says its acting director Suzana Sarif.
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).
KUALA LUMPUR: The Control of Paddy and Rice Act 1994 (Act 522) will be amended to boost enforcement against those who rebrand locally produced rice as imported rice, says Agriculture and Food Security Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994 (Act 522) will be amended to enhance enforcement against the mixing of locally produced and imported rice, says Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu.
PHNOM PENH: Arvin International Marketing Inc, the largest supplier and distributor of salt in the Philippines, has expressed interest in purchasing Cambodian rice for distribution through their extensive domestic operations.
MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday (Feb 4) announced its plan to reduce the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) of imported rice to 55 pesos (0.94 U.S. dollars) per kg from 58 pesos (0.99 dollars) per kg to provide much-needed relief to Filipino consumers struggling with the high cost of the food staple.
KUANTAN: Residents here took advantage of the Mega Aidilfitri Rahmah Madani Sales Programme (PJRM) in Pantai Sepat to buy essential items at prices lower than the market.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government need not wait for new laws to take action against firms selling imported rice mixed with local grains, says a consumer group.
PHNOM PENH: Climate change poses a growing threat to Malaysia's food security, with erratic weather patterns and rising temperatures disrupting global agriculture.
