The use of false halal trade descriptions has landed two food companies in trouble with the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry.
The ministry’s enforcement chief Azman Adam said the operation on a company that packaged and distributed light snacks such as biscuits in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan was carried out after it was suspected of using false halal trade descriptions and MC markings on its product boxes. Azman, in a statement, today, said examinations and checks on several documents found the company did not have valid halal certification from the Malaysian Islamic Development Department .
The case is being investigated under the Trade Description Act 2011, Consumer Protection Act 2011 and Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Illegal Activities Act 2001, he said.