BUKIT MERTAJAM: the Penang department of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry has issued 269 compound notices value RM95,000 from Jan 1 to April 30 this yr.
Its director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar stated a complete of 19,666 premises have been inspected throughout the identical interval to make sure that business gamers adjust to the principles set.
“Of the entire, 184 circumstances have been recorded underneath the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011, which concerned price-related offences and failure to show value tags.
“The Ministry will continuously monitor the state of affairs to make sure merchants abide by the rules, particularly throughout festive seasons,” he informed reporters after the state Ministry Aidilfitri open home right here on Thursday (May 12).
He stated that the Ministry’s enforcement officers all the time carried out monitoring and inspections at areas that have been the main target of the general public similar to supermarkets, public markets, and farmers’ markets.
In the meantime, he stated there have been no reviews or complaints acquired on the value hike of hen or greens in Penang after the Aidilfitri celebration as reported in different states. – Bernama
