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A worker arranging imported frozen meat at a meat shop in Ipoh December 28, 2020. News of imported meat that was improperly sourced and passed off as halal recently made headlines. Picture by Farhan Najib
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 A number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today made police reports on the meat cartel scandal involving the importation of meat with dubious halal status.
Malaysia Muslim Halal Meat Importers Association president, Datuk Mohd Noor Ali Akbar said his association and the other NGOs urged the government to act fast in response to public concern over the issue.
SINGAPORE - The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) are looking into allegations raised over a cartel s packaging and sale of halal-certified meat in Malaysia to determine if the Singapore market is affected by the purported misconduct.
Recent media reports in Malaysia have alleged that the cartel smuggles, repacks and re-labels non-halal frozen meat items as halal-certified, the two organisations noted in a joint statement on Tuesday (Dec 29).
Muis and SFA said that only meat and meat products from SFA-accredited overseas establishments can be imported into Singapore, and these imported goods are also subject to the agency s food safety surveillance programme to ensure that they meet import requirements and regulatory standards.
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SFA, MUIS looking into concerns that alleged Malaysian meat cartel syndicate has affected Singapore
Malaysian media has reported about a cartel bringing in frozen meat from China, Ukraine, Brazil and Argentina, and repackaging the meat using the halal logo at a warehouse in Senai, Johor. (File photo: Bernama)
29 Dec 2020 09:09PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: Authorities in Singapore are looking into allegations to determine if non-halal frozen meat items that have been relabelled as halal-certified for sale in Malaysia has affected the Singapore market.