Mei 11, 2020 10:16 MYT

Keperluan makanan serta bekalan barangan basah termasuk ikan mencukupi bukan hanya pada perayaan Aidilfitri sahaja malah melibatkan perayaan yang lain dalam waktu terdekat.

Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP), Datuk Rosol Wahid berkata, pihaknya sentiasa memantau bekalan berkenaan sepanjang tempoh musim perayaan ini.

Katanya, setakat ini juga pihaknya tidak menerima aduan berhubung kenaikan harga barang yang dilakukan peniaga tempatan.

“Ikan pun mencukupi, jadi kita harap dapat sampai ke Hari Raya, bukan sahaja Hari Raya, Hari Gawai, Hari Keamatan dan seminggu berturut-turut... itu yang kita prihatin sekarang.

“Setakat ni tidak ada aduan, cuma baru-baru ini kenaikan harga dibuat peniaga asing yang menjual barangan runcit namun kita telah ambil tindakan,”katanya.

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There is adequate supply of food products and other basic necessities to meet the demands throughout the country, including during the Ramadan period, said Senior Minister (Secuirity Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Ismail Sabri, who is also Defence Minister, hoped that the people would plan their Ramadan shopping to avoid over-crowding at any premises and also to abide by the social distancing regulations.
"The people are advised not to worry about the supply of food and daily necessities for Ramadan as there is enough,” he said at a daily news conference on the Movement Control Order (MCO) here today.

Ismail Sabri said the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry had conducted daily checks on the supply of 25 types of goods at 1,133 business premises comprising 833 retailers, 268 wholesalers and 32 factories.

This was to ensure that there were enough supplies and the people would not have to worry or rush to buy food during the MCO period, he added.

Ismail Sabri assured the people that the regular monitoring done by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry and the Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry showed that there was enough supply of wet goods and other basic necessities to meet the people’s demands.

GEORGE TOWN: A famous nasi kandar shop along the heritage enclave in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling was shut down by Penang Island City Council (MBPP) after rats and cockroach droppings were found in the premises.

The outlet, which always has a long queue at night, was shut down by MBPP on Wednesday (Jan 8) around 8pm during an inspection on food outlets in George Town.

The price of food items in the market place is exorbitant.  Food is certainly the most important expenditure of households.  Malaysians in the Bottom 40 group spent a total of 48% of household expenditure on food.  Certainly the poor will be more effected on high food prices as a greater percentage of their income is spent on basic food items.

Why is food so expensive in Malaysia? Firstly, food production in Malaysia is low. Out of the eight million hectares of agricultural land, six million hectares are planted with palm oil and one million with rubber. Less than one million hectares or just 12% of agricultural land is for food production.

This has resulted in Malaysian consumers depending on imported food. Malaysia imported RM 51.3 billion in 2017 of agricultural and food products for local consumption, an increase from RM 38.9 billion in 2013; and increase of 32% in four years.   For example, Malaysia is only 22% self-sufficient on beef and 39% self-sufficient on ikan kembong. When food is imported, prices would strongly be influenced by global factors, including monopolistic practises as well climate change effects in food producing countries. This could easily affect the price of food in Malaysia.

Next, FOMCA has long advocated for a market review on the local food supply chain.  We have always suggested that one of the key factors of the high price of food was monopolistic practices along the various parts of the food supply chain. The recent report on the market review of key food items by the Malaysia Competition Commission confirms that one of the key reasons for high food prices is distortions and manipulations in the food supply chain.

Kebelakangan ini timbul banyak isu mengenai premis makanan yang tidak mengendahkan kebersihan premis mereka maupun makanan yang dijual. Banyak kes yang telah di war warkan di pelbagai media di mana makanan yang tidak sesuai untuk  dimakan dihidang kepada pada pelanggan.

Mengikut Peraturan 30 Akta Makanan 1983, Pengendali Makanan (PM) perlu menjalani Latihan Pengendali Makanan (LPM) dan mendapat sijil LPM daripada institusi yang ditentukan oleh Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM). Begitu juga dengan Peraturan 31 Akta yang sama, mewajibkan semua PM diperiksa dari segi kesihatan dan diberi vaksin oleh pengamal perubatan berdaftar bagi menentukan mereka bebas dari menghidap atau tidak  membawa penyakit bawaan makanan.

PARIT BUNTAR, July 7 (Bernama) -- Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) traders affected by the sugar tax on sweetened drinks which came into effect this month, can file a postponement appeal to the relevant authorities.Deputy Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli, however, said that every appeal must provide reasonable grounds for proper consideration.“The implementation of the sugar tax has caused traders to suspend their businesses as they claim the tax is too high.“I hope the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPNDHEP) will resolve the issue when it receives the appeals from the traders,” he told a press conference after officiating the 2019 Entrepreneurship Seminar and Dialogue organised by the Ketian District Malay Hawkers and Petty Traders Association (PPKM) here today.

He was commenting on complaints by SME traders on the implementation of the sugar tax of 40 sen per litre (on sweetened beverages containing more than five grammes of sugar) which came into effect on July 1.Mohd Hatta added that the implementation of the tax was aimed at controlling excess sugar intake among the public for health reasons.Meanwhile, Mohd Hatta proposed for the National Entrepreneur Group Economic Fund (Tekun Nasional) to take the initiative to expand its loan method based on the Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) loan model that had been in place since 2015.He said the method involved group loans with five participants in each group which could impact positive loan repayments.Through this method, the process of loan application approvals can be reduced to help entrepreneurs get loans easily, in addition to getting back the loan repayments easily.

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Nielsen Malaysia recently has conducted a study; ‘Nielsen Malaysia Sugar Tax Report (2019)’- a survey that involves 1,200 people from the ages of 18 to 64, across peninsular and East Malaysia."Eleven percent told us they will completely stop taking sugary drinks."“What we found is, Malaysians are actually very loyal when they like a specific brand.“However, 11 percent of them told us they will completely stop taking these sugary drinks. The rest of them claim they might reduce their consumption or switch to other cheaper brands."“It’s an interesting claim before the implementation of the tax. I’m curious to see if they do what they say. This is something we will follow up in the next few months. If 11 percent say they will stop drinking, that’s actually a big number,” says De Nard.

Malaysia is not the first country to introduce sweetened beverages tax to reduce sugar consumption among its people. Over 20 countries have implemented the tax and have shown a varying outcomes.“Three countries who have implemented with very distinctive results," says De Nard.Manufacturers in Saudi Arabia were able to adapt, they innovated and brought in new products“Firstly, Saudi Arabia. This country taxes 100 percent for energy drinks and 50 percent on carbonated drinks. It is a huge amount and the impact on the market was big as well- people stopped buying certain products. Manufacturers in Saudi Arabia were able to adapt, they innovated and brought in new products. It worked out quite nicely, actually. The results were significant.“Then, we studied Mexico. This country is very interesting because the Mexicans love sodas. They are actually at the top (globally) in terms of soda consumption. The Mexican government tried very hard to control this habit. They not only implement the tax but also forbid sugary drinks advertisements on television at certain time (of the day).

PETALING JAYA: Licensed importers of sweetened beverages must come up with a letter of undertaking and also submit lab reports, says the Customs Department.If the total sugar content of their drinks exceeds the threshold or if the reports are not submitted, the importers will need to make payment of the duties involved.The lab reports are compulsory for exempted goods but importers are granted postponement from submitting the lab reports from July 1 to Aug 31.These are among the procedures spelt out by the Customs Department in the implementation of the excise tax on sugary beverages during the two month transition period.

The import of sugary drinks must be declared in Form K1 (declaration of goods imported) just like other imported products.According to the Customs Department, the lab reports will need to be submitted within 30 days from the date of the K1 clearance.For domestic sales of dutiable sugary drinks, licensed manufacturers will use the Excise Form No.7 and the declaration will be for a period of one calendar month.“The declaration needs to be made no later than the last date of the following month.“Declaration for the local sales of products exempted from the duty will also use the Excise Form No.7,” it said.

Just as the sun goes down behind the high-rise flats in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, trader M. Yanis Mohd Tengku Mahadi hangs an orange tag over the beam of his nasi campur stall at the Ramadan bazaar.It’s almost time for maghrib prayers and soon calls will be resonating from the nearby mosques. It is time to break fast.Yanis has been doing the same thing for the past 15 years, selling more than 40 types of dishes as well as nasi lemak and kuih at his stall, every Ramadan.Most of the time, his dishes are a hit with visitors to the bazaar, one of a few dozen dotting the Klang Valley during the holy month. But even on a good day, there is bound to be leftovers.“There is still some leftover, although not a lot. Yet I cannot bear to see this go to waste,” he says in an interview.This year, Yanis is taking part in the MYSaveFood@Ramadan programme organised by government agencies – the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) and the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council – youth volunteer group Pertubuhan Pemuda Gema Malaysia, and the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) Malaysia.

The food waste and climate change connection

A Ramadan bazaar trader handing over unsold products to volunteers from the MYSaveFood programme. Photo: SHAARI CHEMAT /The StarHe is among hundreds of traders in 15 locations nationwide who are giving what they cannot sell to the programme so the food can be redistributed by volunteers to the needy and to charitable homes.The orange tag tells the volunteers which traders to go to.“I feel so relieved that there are initiatives like this so that there is no waste,” says Yanis as MYSaveFood volunteers come by his stall to pick up the leftover food.

A Big Waste
It is an irony that a nation of passionate food lovers – remember the chicken rice war with Singapore and the popiah battle with Indonesia? – throws away some 16,680 tonnes of grub a day, according to a 2017 survey by SWCorp.Food waste, according to the survey, makes up 44.5% of the almost 38,000 tonnes of solid waste generated by Malaysians daily. The waste composition study was conducted in several places, each targeting at least 50 people.While this figure may already seem high, it climbs every time there is a festival, according to Mardi’s Advanced and Reproductive Technologies Programme deputy director Dr Ainu Husna MS Suhaimi.“We can get up to 100kg of food from one Ramadan bazaar alone,” she points out.And, despite rising world hunger, this wastage isn’t just confined to Malaysians. Globally, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) website, an estimated one-third of all food produced – that’s a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes – is either lost or goes to waste.

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