MELAKA, Feb 11 — The government will continue to issue Approved Permits (AP) for local producers to import frozen whole chicken despite the subsidies given to poultry farmers, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food (Mafi) Industries Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah.

SHAH ALAM, July 5 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) foiled an attempt by a company in the seafood industry to smuggle frozen seafood from Iran, worth RM146,486.87, at Port Klang on Saturday.

SHAH ALAM, June 19 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) Selangor branch has seized red oak lumber imported from the United States, weighing 28.737 kilogrammes and worth RM88,285.61 at North Port, Klang yesterday.

SHAH ALAM, June 12 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) through the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has activated surveillance through state DVS as well as the Department of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) to carry out inspection on livestock in farms and quarantine premises.

PUTRAJAYA, June 8 — Malaysia has suspended, with immediate effect, all import of cattle and buffaloes from Thailand, after assessing the risk of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) transmission, which was reported to have spread to over 41 provinces in the neighbouring country.

KOTA BHARU, June 5 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI) through the Department of Veterinary Services (JPV) has tightened conditions for the import of live cattle to prevent the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) which has now spread across several Asian countries.

SHAH ALAM, June 4 — The Department of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) in Selangor has detained 25,000 kilogrammes of round cabbages imported from China believed to be carrying plutella xylotella linn, a cabbage pest in Port Klang yesterday.

SEPANG, May 29 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) has disposed of about 330 birds of various species as they were detected positive for the Avian Influenza (bird flu) virus.

SHAH ALAM, April 23 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) seized 40 tonnes of frozen prawns from Iran at West Port in Port Klang, on Wednesday.

SEPANG, April 18 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) Department detained a German Shepherd at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Friday after the microchip on the dog was found different from the declared import permit.

SEPANG, April 15 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) seized 100 kilogrammes of agarwood from Vietnam, worth RM14,821, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Tuesday.

SHAH ALAM, April 7 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) Department Department seized 7,824 kilogrammes of margarine dairy product from Ireland, valued at RM116,211, because the document on its import permit was confusing.

SHAH ALAM, April 3 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) Department seized 173,074 kilogrammes of coffee beans from Colombia, valued at RM3.23 million, at the North Port, Klang, for breach of the import permit.

SEPANG, March 26 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) seized 1,160 kilogrammes of fresh mutton imported from Australia worth RM56,614, which did not have the halal logo on the product packaging, last Wednesday.

PASIR MAS, March 8 — The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) is confident that the amendment to the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011 (Act 728) will enable the department to expand its jurisdiction, said Maqis director-general Saiful Yazan Alwi.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 19 — Three assistant enforcement officers of the Malaysian Department of Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) in Johor were ordered in remand for five days for alleged corrupt activities in connection with the issue on the meat cartel.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 — The Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry (Mafi) will revoke the Approved Permit (AP) of any entity or person found to be in cahoots with cartels which imported uncertified meat, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Dec 13 — The recent unearthing of a cartel smuggling in frozen meat shows that there is an urgent need to increase the manpower of the Department of Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) at all entrance gates into the country.