Our Malay friends love this brand the most.You can spot them happily shaking out liberal dashes of this sauce if the stall they patronise provides this on the table.They don't consume the ones produced by the chinese community but trust this brand because of it's halal certification.
This report comes in from Seremban but as we all know,if whatever is banned in hongkong(from luncheon meats to biscuits to baby milk to candies) can be dumped here through a chain of stores and pharmacies,what more considering the short distance between seremban and georgetown?Closer to home when the pig farms here were accused of feeding pigs with dangerous slimming substances,which could cause heart palpitations and a host of other health problems to humans that consumed them(never insist on pigs with less fat ok?)they bundled the pigs onto lorries and took them on a joyride interstate before the authorities could act.
One after another these bloody traders resort to all sorts of tricks to increase their profits.
1.Traders still use toxic dyes in Chilli Boh but we have grown so immune to reports on more errant ones.Talking about dyes has any health officer tested the red dyes the nasi kandar operators use on tandooris and fried chicken?
2.Remember the maggot infested belacan factory on the mainland which caused one of the health officers to actually throw up?
3.Next an innovative ketupat maker insists that it is safe for customers to boil the entire plastic casing containing ground rice in hot water.
4.A curry powder maker who supplies Tesco in Johor is quoted in the newspapers stating that he doesn't use banned items in his spice and curry mixes because his wife constantly reminds him that they consume the powders and mixes too.You mean to say that there are other makers that do that?Damn...
5.This is common knowledge amongst pasar malam goers who were initially shocked then couldn't resist for long.Rumour has it that plastic raffia string and bags are being intentionally fried together with food in the wok of hot oil,in order to maintain the crispness of chicken,fries and nuggets.So if your fries or fried chicken skin don't get limp after you get home,you now know why.
6. Before I forget,do try to avoid santan based desserts or curry/gulai dishes after Thaipusam or any major festival involving the smashing of coconuts on the streets of georgetown.Reason is the santan traders (from mount erskine market to cecil street,they are all guilty ok?)actually buy the smashed coconuts from the road sweepers,to turn them into compressed coconut milk and sell them to the unsuspecting public.
How to spot the fake Habhal's?
At the moment (I say at the moment because in the future those rogue traders might invest in laser labellers,in the same manner that dvd pirates have holographic stickers and untested electrical appliances can possess sirim ones)look for the expiry date printed on the bottle away from the main label.Look closely at the numerals.If they are formed by a cluster of dots,meaning laser printed,it means it is the real deal.If it is not then it's a fake.
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SEREMBAN — Sebanyak 3,360 botol kicap manis tiruan yang menggunakan jenama ”Kipas Udang” bernilai hampir RM10,000 dirampas dalam operasi Pejabat Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan (PPDNKK) Negeri Sembilan, hari ini.
Rampasan itu dibuat hasil pemeriksaan di sebuah syarikat pemborong di Jalan Tuanku Antah di sini, kata Ketua Pengerusi PPDNKK Mohd Nor Musa.
"Kami mendapat aduan dari orang ramai menyebabkan kita membuat pemeriksaan di setor syarikat pemborong terbabit.
Pemilik syarikat itu yang berusia 50-an bagaimanapun tidak mengetahui kicap itu adalah tiruan,” katanya ketika ditemui di tempat kejadian.
Beliau berkata sampel daripada kicap tiruan itu akan dihantar ke makmal untuk melihat sama ada ia menggunakan bahan merbahaya atau tidak.
Terdapat perbezaan yang agak ketara di antara kicap tiruan itu dengan yang asli iaitu tulisan tamat tempoh penggunaan kicap tiruan itu tidak dicetak dengan laser sebaliknya menggunakan pencetak komputer biasa, katanya.
Beliau berkata pihaknya kini mengesan pembekal kicap itu dan mereka boleh didakwa mengikut Seksyen 3 (1)(b) Akta Perihal Dagangan 1972 dan jika sabit kesalahan boleh didenda sehingga RM250,000. - Bernama
