Headed by deputy minister Chan Foong Hin, the joint operation saw 42 enforcement officers taking samples of rice and inspecting warehouse stocks around Selangor.
The samples will be handed over to the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute for analysis, the ministry said in a statement today. Headed by deputy minister Chan Foong Hin, it involved 42 enforcement and police officers taking samples of rice and inspecting warehouse stocks. “The ministry will continue its inter-agency enforcement cooperation, and will not compromise against anyone found to be mixing local and imported rice, or hiding stocks of local rice.”