Authorities seize pig, chicken carcasses worth RM1.7mil in Selangor, KL

 The veterinary services department says the seizures were made at three separate locations.

The veterinary services department said the carcasses were seized at three locations in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. (Facebook pic)

PETALING JAYA:

The veterinary services department has seized pig and chicken carcasses, as well as a container and two forklifts, worth a combined RM2.04 million at three locations in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

The department said a raid in Port Klang resulted in the seizure of 8,562.5kg of pig carcasses worth RM299,687.

Another raid in Semenyih, Selangor, resulted in the seizure of 7,440kg of pig carcasses worth RM260,400, as well as a container and two forklifts valued at a combined RM341,600, it said in a Facebook post today.

In a raid at Taman Ehsan Industrial Park in Kuala Lumpur, the authorities seized 45,684kg of chicken carcasses worth RM1.14 million over suspicions that fake halal certificates had been used.

With the carcasses worth a total of RM1.7 million, this brought the total value of items seized at the three locations to RM2.04 million.

The department said further investigations would be conducted under the Animals Act 1953 and the Trade Descriptions Act 2011. - FMT