KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry seized cooking oil and related items worth RM2.413 million in integrated operations conducted from July 1 until yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) will study suggestions to allow government-linked companies (GLC) to handle the packaging of subsidised cooking oil packs to curb leakages.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The government aims to have 4,536 metric tonnes of chicken buffer stock by the end of December to ensure enough supply and stable price of chicken, said Special Task Force on Jihad against Inflation chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) is currently reviewing and making improvements to the Beauty Industry Guidelines issued in 2013, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — Palm cooking oil in 5 kilogramme (kg) bottle will be sold at RM34.70 this month from August 8, said Special Task Force on Jihad Against Inflation chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

ALOR GAJAH, July 30 — The government is carrying out negotiations with palm oil industry players to devise the best formula to expedite a reduction in supply prices.

PUTRAJAYA, July 28 — Small-scale companies and organisations as well as individuals wanting to buy petrol and diesel from petrol stations for personal use using drums or any suitable containers in quantities exceeding 20 litres are required to apply for a special permit under the Control of Supplies Act 1961, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.

SIBU, July 22 — The public is urged not to lodge complaints that are too general on supply issues or the price of consumer goods.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The country’s industry players are urged to reduce the price of cooking oil in tandem with the drop in the world’s crude palm oil price from its highest level since two months ago.

PUTRAJAYA, July 13 — Strict action including suspending or revoking operating licences will be imposed on subsidised cooking oil packaging manufacturers found to be smuggling the supplies to neighbouring countries.

PUTRAJAYA, July 13 — The procedure for online sales involving controlled and subsidised goods will be tightened, to curb leakages and irregularities, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.

ALOR SETAR, July 2 — The shortage in the supply of subsidised cooking oil packets is expected to stabilise soon after the packaging and distribution work is completed by the supplier companies.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) has joined forces with the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) in taking proactive measures by mobilising youths as volunteers to check price hikes and monitor any exploitation of the prices of goods.

KUALA BERANG, June 5 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) said that the supply of wheat flour in the country is stable and sufficient, said its Deputy Minister Datuk Rosol Wahid.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (Mafi) will continue to balance between imported food supply and national production, to ensure that all major commodities are sufficient to meet the needs of the people in the country.

KOTA KINABALU, May 29 — The supply of chicken in Sabah is sufficient ahead of the Kaamatan Festival, which will be celebrated from tomorrow until May 31, said Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Sabah director Georgie Abas.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (Mafi) will assist any party interested in bringing food supplies into the country, especially chicken from legal processing plants following the abolition of import permits (AP), said its secretary-general Datuk Haslina Abdul Hamid.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) checked 279,251 premises nationwide and initiated 3,992 investigation papers on various offences with seizures valued over RM13.32 million through Ops Pantau.

PUTRAJAYA, May 22 — The abolition of the approved permits (AP) for food products is in line with the government’s desire to ensure continuity in supplies, said Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.

SHAH ALAM, May 21 — The state government will announce the latest developments on the issue of insufficient chicken supply recently on Monday (May 23).