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Check on sales of cooking oil online

KUCHING: A team of enforcement officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN), Sarawak conducted a check on the sales of cooking oil online at Matang here recently based on public complaints. A KPDN spokesman said in a press statement here that eight enforcement officers successfully found 1,258 kg of cooking […]

Fire destroys lorry transporting cooking oil

BINTULU: A lorry transporting cooking oil, was completely destroyed in a midnight fire at Jalan Bintulu-Tatau today. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Tatau station were despatched to the scene, about 24 km from the station, after receiving an emergency call around 12.40am. Firemen from Bintulu station were also […]

Council cracks whip on used cooking oil 

MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) will be taking stern action on food operators who resort to repeated usage of used cooking oil in their business. Mayor Adam Yii on Monday told a full council meeting that during the latest joint inspection carried out by the MCC and the Health Department,  cooking oil was tested on […]

Ceiling price for 5kg cooking oil set at RM33.50

PUTRAJAYA: The ceiling price of a five-kilogramme bottled cooking oil will be reduced to RM33.50 from RM34.70, from Sept 8 to Oct 7, said chairman of the Special Task Force on Jihad against Inflation Tan Sri Annuar Mus Cooking oil sold in 3kg bottles will be reduced to RM21.10 from RM21.70, 2kg bottles from RM14.70 […]

Cooking oil weighing 600kg seized in raid

KUCHING: Cooking oil in 1kg packs sold under the Kapten brand weighing 600kg and worth RM1,500 were seized from a house in Jalan Julutong Barat, Sarikei on Wednesday (Aug 10). The raid was conducted by the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP). According to Sarikei […]

Ministry flushes out hoarding of cooking oil

LUBOK ANTU: Alert officers called a retailer’s bluff about having no stock when they discovered five boxes of cooking oil he had hoarded in a store here. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry’s Sri Aman branch chief Al Redzamani Abdul Razak said the retailer’s ruse was found out during an Ops Samar in town. […]

Premises raided for repacking subsidised cooking oil

MIRI: The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) on Yesterday (July 4) raided a premises in Senadin here for selling repackaged subsidised cooking oil. A further check on the premises found 1kg packs of cooking oil totalling 2,112kg with an estimated value of RM5,280. Miri KPDNHEP chief Joe Azmi Jamil said the premises was […]

Integrated operations to curb subsidised cooking oil smuggling

KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) will conduct integrated operations to curb the smuggling of subsidised cooking oil. According to minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, the subsidised cooking oil was for the needy but certain quarters had been making a profit from it. “From January to June 29 this year, […]

Call not to politicise cooking oil issue

KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has insisted on not politicising the issue of cooking oil supply following the government’s move to abolish bottled cooking oil. Its Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said, although the subsidy for bottled cooking oil was abolished, the one-kilogram packet of cooking oil would still […]

Widodo replaces Trade Minister over cooking oil crisis

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced his Trade Minister today over a cooking oil crisis that has roiled global markets, saying “the people need someone experienced”. Despite being the world’s biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia has been dealing with domestic shortages and sharp price increases for months as the Ukraine war chokes global supplies. In […]