DBKL to take random food samples from Ramadan bazaars

 

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will collect 120 random food samples from 62 Ramadan bazaars throughout the city to ensure good hygiene.

Mayor Mahadi Che Ngah said the samples, to be taken according to a daily schedule, will be sent to the DBKL food security and analysis centre.

He said food sampling will also be carried out if there are any complaints or cases of food poisoning.

“If there is any case of contamination, compounds will be issued to the hawkers involved.

“Action to be taken include blacklisting hawkers and not giving them a Ramadan bazaar licence next year,” he said yesterday.

Earlier, Mahadi launched the zero single-use plastic campaign, which is a continuation of the ban on the use of plastic bags, plastic straws and polystyrene containers enforced in the Federal Territory since 2017.

Mahadi said DBKL also introduced the Rahmah Ramadan bazaar, which involves eight food trucks at an approved site on Jalan Raja, with another 33 behind Campbell Complex and at the Lot 4 parking area on Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

– Bernama