Malaysia Seizes 5,540 Kg Of Packaged Cooking Oil Labeled Fake Halal

JAKARTA - Malaysia's Perak Law Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Living Costs (KPDN) confiscated 5,540 kilograms (KG) of packaged cooking oil worth RM14,233 with a faked halal logo.

The director of the KPDN's Silver Law Enforcement Division, Kamalludin Ismail, said the confiscation was carried out after a raid on a cooking oil packaging factory in the Jelapang Light Industrial Estate, Wednesday, June 4 at around 14.30 noon.

"After the examination, it was found that the halal certification issued for the factory owner had been suspended for violating the provisions of halal certification," he said in a statement, Thursday, June 5, quoted from Bernama.

He said that his party was taking action against this case in collaboration with the Perak Islamic Ministry of Religion (JAIPk).

According to Kamalludin, the case is being investigated for violating Paragraph 4 (1) of the 2011 Trade Description Law (Law 730), which is a violation according to Section 8(a) of the 2011 Trade Description Order (Sertification and Marking of 'Halal').