KUCHING: Sale of Ayamas Food Corporation Sdn Bhd (Ayamas) products, which was suspended following the recent discovery of the prohibited antibiotic Chloramphenicol by the State Veterinary Authority, will resume here and in Sri Aman today.
Its distributor for Kuching and Sri Aman, Asfine Marketing Sdn Bhd (Asfine), who announced this yesterday, said the resumption followed a statement by Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai on Saturday that Ayamas’ food products were deemed safe for human consumption.
Liow said tests conducted on 42 samples taken from various parts of the country showed negative for Chloramphenicol and, therefore, Ayamas could sell their products in Sarawak.
“Based on the announcement by the Health Minister, this morning (yesterday) we went to see the state director of the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism. He told us that his office still have to wait for instructions (for the sale to resume) from the State Veterinary Authority.
“We then went to the State Veterinary Authority and met two of its deputy directors. We asked them whether Ayamas products could be sold and they did not prohibit us from selling the products,” claimed Asfine’s director Sim Han Wee during a press conference.
Sim added that the State Veterinary Authority (SVA) also told them that they would issue a letter in one or two day’s time to withdraw the notice of suspension of importation of Ayamas products.
Sim claimed that a lot of retail outlets had been enquiring when sale could resume.
“I have been made to understand that a lot of retail outlets in other divisions in the state had resumed selling Ayamas products.
“With the current stock level that we have, it will only be enough for distribution to retail outlets for between one and two days.”
He added that since import of Ayamas products from Kuala Lumpur would need four or five days to arrive, he hoped that the letter to withdraw the notice of suspension would be issued soon.
A 20-feet container full of Ayamas products would take between eight and nine days to be distributed to its retail outlets from Kuching to Sri Aman, he explained.
Sim lamented that since the import ban came into effect on Nov 1, Asfine’s business was badly dented as about Ayamas products accounted for 80 per cent of its total sales.
He said Ayamas would be holding a press conference in Kuala Lumpur soon to clarify the issue and to put Ayamas products in the right perspective.
Sim opined that there was no need for consumers to be worried about the safety and quality of Ayamas products as the products had undergone through many strict tests and had accreditations from highly-qualified bodies.
Meanwhile, the SVA director could be reached for comments.
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