Is it just me, or has the world really gone wacko lately?
Yesterday's 8pm news reported an elderly woman from Dungun, Terengganu was charged for violating the Food Regulations 1985. The law stipulates that shrimp paste should contain at least 25% protein. The ones she was selling at rm2.50 each, had about 23.75% protein. She was fined RM600!
The fact that she was old, sells belacan for a living and fined for selling belacan that has 1.25% less protein that was allowed, is to me, quite ridiculous. She probably earns much less than RM600 a month. How on earth would a small belacan maker/seller from a kampung to know how many percent of protein is in her ingredients la?A state of the art belacan laboratory in her backyard?
And this was on prime time news!
Yesterday's 8pm news reported an elderly woman from Dungun, Terengganu was charged for violating the Food Regulations 1985. The law stipulates that shrimp paste should contain at least 25% protein. The ones she was selling at rm2.50 each, had about 23.75% protein. She was fined RM600!
The fact that she was old, sells belacan for a living and fined for selling belacan that has 1.25% less protein that was allowed, is to me, quite ridiculous. She probably earns much less than RM600 a month. How on earth would a small belacan maker/seller from a kampung to know how many percent of protein is in her ingredients la?A state of the art belacan laboratory in her backyard?And this was on prime time news!
