Local Company Fined RM1.6 Million Over Use Of ‘Fake Halal Logo’ On 3,418 Boxes Of Frozen Food
A frozen food distributor and its director were fined RM1.6 million after admitting that they had violated the Trade Descriptions Act of 2011.
LY Frozen Food Sdn Bhd’s 42-year-old representative, Yong Chee Keong, entered a guilty plea to 14 charges at the Sessions Court before Judge Fatimah Zahari. On the other seven charges against the enterprise, the court mandated Yong to pay RM100,000 in addition to a RM1.5 million fine.
Failure to make the payments may result in six months in jail for Yong.
The charge sheets state that on February 9, 2021, all defendants were allegedly using false trade descriptors in relation to 3,418 boxes of frozen food bearing the halal logo of the Islamic Coordinating Council of Victoria and Perth Mosque Incorporated.
They were also accused of violating Article 4(1) of the Trade Descriptions (Certification and Marking of Halal) Order 2011 by selling the products under…
