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- Govt to consider RM100 aid for Form Six students
- Health Ministry: KR1M milk powder safe; oyster sauce to be recalled
- Dr Mahathir voices support for Peaceful Assembly Bill
| Govt to consider RM100 aid for Form Six students Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:32 AM PST Published: Wednesday November 23, 2011 MYT 8:30:00 PM |
| Health Ministry: KR1M milk powder safe; oyster sauce to be recalled Posted: 23 Nov 2011 04:25 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Claims by the Opposition of excessive vitamin A in Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) baby growth milk powder have been proven to be unfounded, said the Health Ministry. However, the KR1M oyster sauce did not pass the ministry's test and would be taken off the shelves, minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said at a press conference in the Parliament lobby here Wednesday. "The analysis of (milk powder) samples from the manufacturers by the ministry showed that the content of vitamin A did not exceed the maximum the 5,000 IU as stated in the Food Regulations Act 1985," Liow added. He also chided DAP publicity secretary Tony Pua for misleading the public. "I would thank him if he had come to us and asked the ministry to verify the quality of the product. "However, he chose to do it for his own political mileage," he said. He also noted that Pua was confused with the rulings in the Food Regulations Act. "The milk powder is categorised as a growing up milk powder, which is under rule 395 while he had compared it with the ruling of a follow up milk. "Our findings shows that the KR1M growing up powder milk has 3240 I.U/100g. It does not exceed the maximum level of vitamin A," Liow said. He also said samples of the oyster sauce showed it was below the standard under the Food Regulations Act. "We have instructed the Domestic Trade, Consumerism and Cooperative Ministry to take action," he added. "We are looking at looking all the allegations made by Pua and urge the public to come forward if they find any food not safe. We will take immediate action," he said. Pua had recently claimed that the KR1M milk powder did not contain at least 15 of the legally required essential fatty acids, vitamins and mineral while its vitamin A content was 802% above the permissible level. Related Stories: Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Dr Mahathir voices support for Peaceful Assembly Bill Posted: 23 Nov 2011 02:40 AM PST Published: Wednesday November 23, 2011 MYT 6:40:00 PMJITRA: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has voiced his support for the Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 which was tabled in Parliament Tuesday. The former prime minister said the new act was important to ensure that public assemblies would be free from violence or actions that could cause losses to others. "The act has good intentions...besides preventing certain quarters from taking advantage of a situation, so that violence does not become a problem to the country," he said here Wednesday, when asked to comment on the bill, which will become an act if passed and gazetted. The bill tabled by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, is a transformation of the existing legal framework relating to the rights of citizens to assemble peacefully, as provided in the Federal Constitution. "While people have the right to hold demonstrations, the rights of others will have to be protected by the government," said Dr Mahathir. He said holding a demonstration close to Hari Raya, for instance, would adversely affect the business of traders, with the small ones already struggling to make a living. - Bernama Related Stories: Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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