KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 Aeon enlivens the atmosphere of this year’s Ramadan by distributing over 30,000 packs of bubur lambuk across 34 branches nationwide. The staged event.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian officials on Saturday implored local and international consumers to trust the country’s halal standards after a fake certification scandal rocked its meat trade and raised questions about its global ranking.
“Those who have committed crimes must be brought to justice. Halal is the image of Islam as well as Malaysia, and I believe that those involved will give their full cooperation to resolve this issue,” Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, religious affairs minister, told Arab News.
Al-Bakri is part of the Malaysian Halal Council, temporarily chaired by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, which includes officials from several ministries and halal industry and product specialists.
Wednesday, 06 Jan 2021 11:00 AM MYT
BY ASHMAN ADAM
Ameer said Putrajaya is not moving fast enough to investigate the meat cartel scandal. Picture by Farhan Najib
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 Fewer people are buying red meat these days at Aeon, one of Malaysia’s biggest chain supermarkets following a scandal late last year that has cast doubt over the halal status of imported meats.
The Malaysian Insight reported Aeon Retail Malaysia chief human resource officer and corporate communications director Kasuma Satria saying that sales of red meat at its stores nationwide have fallen as much as 40 per cent since the expose of a “meat cartel”.