Puchong chicken supplier shut for two weeks after halal breach discovery, restaurants told to stop buying from it
SHAH ALAM, Oct 31 — A premises in Puchong, suspected of slaughtering, processing and distributing chicken without...
A Puchong-based chicken supplier, suspected of lacking valid halal certification, was discovered utilizing an electric water-bath stunning method. The Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) chairman, Datuk Salehuddin Saidin, informed that the electrical voltage used was deemed too high, causing the chickens to perish before the slaughter process.
On October 31, a joint raid by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais), police, Selangor Department of Environment (DOE), Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), and Petaling District Health Office targeted the premises. Preliminary investigations revealed that the factory had been in operation since 2004, allegedly owned by a Muslim, and supplied processed chicken to Muslim-owned restaurants.
Salehuddin emphasized that the factory's actions were highly irresponsible and called for restaurant owners to cease purchasing from the supplier and report any suspicious information to relevant authorities. The authorities ordered the factory to close for two weeks under health regulations for further assessment, seizing over 6.5 tonnes of raw chicken worth RM85,400 during the operation.
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