A member of
the KPDNHEP enforcement team checking the price list displayed on the chiller for dressed chicken
at a poultry stall
in the Bayan Baru Market in Penang. All poultry sellers on Penang island are required to instal chillers to keep the chickens fresh under a new policy of the city council that is compulsory
after Hari Raya.
– LIM BENG TATT/The Star
THE Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) branch in Penang is not letting down its guard in weeding out unscrupulous traders who take advantage of the Hari Raya festive season to hike up prices of food items, especially controlled food products.
GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) gave its assurance to consumers on Friday (May 7) that the supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat in Penang will be sufficient for the festive season.
Its state director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said the supply would still suffice even if the movement control order (MCO) is implemented in the state again.
“Consumers do not have to worry. The supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat for the festive season is guaranteed, ” he told reporters after conducting an inspection and monitoring of the Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme for Aidilfitri 2021 at Pasar Awam Bayan Baru on Friday.
Friday, 07 May 2021 05:04 PM MYT
Chicken traders are pictured at a wet market in Petaling Jaya March 25, 2020. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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GEORGE TOWN, May 7 The Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) today gave its assurance that the supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat in the state is sufficient for the festive season.
Its director, Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said the supply was also sufficient if the movement control order (MCO) was to be implemented in the state again.
“Consumers do not have to worry. The supply of controlled goods such as chicken and meat for the festive season is guaranteed,” he told reporters after conducting an inspection and monitoring of the Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMMP) for Aidilfitri 2021 at Pasar Awam Bayan Baru today.
Under watch: Shoppers are seen at Chow Kit Market in Kuala Lumpur as business resumes amid the pandemic. GLENN GUAN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Over 3,000 officers have been conducting checks on prices of basic necessities, says Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.
They included 2,266 enforcement officers and over 1,000 price monitoring officers, he said.
He said they had been conducting operations to ensure the public was not burdened by price hikes.
This was done in accordance with laws such as the Price Control and Anti-Profit Control Act, Trade Descriptions Act, Control of Supply Act and the Consumer Protection Act.In a statement yesterday, he said his ministry had taken action against traders who had unethically raised the price of goods.
18 Apr 2021 / 17:58 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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ALAM: The Selangor Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has issued 267 notices to traders detected to have increased the selling price of goods in the state so far this year.
Selangor KPDNHEP director Muhammad Zikril Azan Abdullah in a statement today said they had also received 114 complaints related to price increases and price tagging, as well as difficulties in obtaining essential items from Jan 1 to April 17.
“Action on complaints received related to the price of goods is given priority, and they are usually resolved within 24 hours,“ he said.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Zikril Azan said 11 cases involving price tagging offences were so far recorded under the operation codenamed ‘Ops Pantau’, which is being carried out throughout the state in April and May.