Kenyataan Naib Ketua Pemuda PBB Sarawak Pandi Suhaili
11hb November 2012
(merujuk kepada " Against the rules " - The Borneo Post)
Pihak yang bertanggungjawab dalam hal ehwal keselamatan pemakanan mesti mengambil inisiatif untuk memastikan kes seperti kes Ayamas tidak lagi berulang di Sarawak.
Jika sekiranya benar bahawa pihak jabatan negeri gagal melaksanakan tugas, maka kakitangan yang bertanggungjawab mesti dikenakan tindakan yang sewajarnya.
Dalam kes Ayamas, rakyat Sarawak bernasib baik kerana analisa yang dibuat tidak mencerminkan perkara sebenar.
Tapi bayangkan sekiranya, disebabkan kegagalan melaksanakan tugas dengan efisien, analisa yang salah keatas makanan yang membahayakan!
Jabatan terbabit mesti mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya untuk membersihkan imejnya disebabkan kes Ayamas.
Walau bagaimanapun, sekiranya jabatan terbabit berada dipihak yang benar, rakyat Sarawak perlu tahu, mengapa ada kenyataan yang mengatakan analisa yang telah dibuat sebagai salah.
Keselamatan rakyat Sarawak dalam tangan semua pihak yang terbabit.
Oleh itu, rakyat Sarawak perlu tahu perkara sebenar.
Sekian. Terimakasih.
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by Lim How Pim, reporters@theborneopost.com.
Posted on November 11, 2012, Sunday
KUCHING: The State Veterinary Authority did not follow the Health Ministry’s standard operating procedure (SOP) in sampling and analysing the chicken products of Ayamas Food Corporation Sdn Bhd, which led to the discovery of banned antibiotic Chloramphenicol in its chicken frankfurter.
Speaking to reporters after opening the 9th World Congress of Chinese Medicine 2012 at BCCK here yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Authority had actually collected the samples in May, waited until August to analyse it, and announced its findings only in November.
“This is very confusing. There is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to follow through as far as tests on food products are concerned,” he added.
Liow said in any case, the State Veterinary Authority should have informed the ministry before making any announcement.
He also pointed out that ordering Ayamas to withdraw its products from the market was outside the jurisdiction of the State Veterinary Authority.
“People need to get accurate information when it comes to food safety. The SOP is clear and we should comply with it.
“As of now, we cannot prove that products of Ayamas contain the antibiotic Chloramphenicol. Hence, we cannot stop their products until our findings return positive.”
On whether Ayamas products could still be imported from Peninsular Malaysia, Liow said: “That is not under my portfolio. My ministry takes care of food safety.”
Asked whether Ayamas could sell their products in Sarawak, he replied: “Yes.”
As it stands now, Liow said Ayamas’ food products were deemed safe for human consumption because tests conducted on 42 samples taken from various parts of the country after news broke of the tainted food proved negative for Chloramphenicol.
“We will continue collecting samples and the monitoring goes on. To date, we do not have any positive result on the tests conducted.”
Assistant Minister of Agriculture (Research and Marketing) Datuk Mong Dagang had told The Borneo Post on Nov 3 that the detection of the banned substance by the State Veterinary Authority was confirmed by the Veterinary Authority in Kuala Lumpur.
Mong said the chicken frankfurter tested had entered the state from Peninsular Malaysia through Bintulu.
Choramphenicol was previously used to treat diseases in chicks. Its use on food-producing animals is not permitted because harmful residues may remain in food products.
Following the discovery of the banned substance, the state immediately suspended import of Ayamas products, while the State Veterinary Authority forwarded a notice of suspension of importation of products from Ayamas to importers on Nov 1.
Liow said his officers were quick to respond to media reports by pulling in samples from the market and Ayamas factories.
“Immediately after the complaint (was received), we went out to gather samples and conduct analysis.”
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