KUCHING, Feb 7 2026: An enforcement team from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) has seized a total of 125 packets of cooking oil from a business premises in Sejingkat two days ago..jpg)
Caption: Each packet of cooking oil is found to be less than the specified 1kg in weight
According to the ministry director Matthew Dominic Barin, each packet of the cooking oil was found be less than the specified weight of 1kg.
He said all packets were then seized by the enforcement team.
“Acting on complaints from the consumers, the ministry sent the enforcement team to the premises following complaints via KPDN e-complaint portal regarding allegations that 1kg packet of cooking oil was found to contain less than the specified weight of1kg,” Dominic said today.
He said the inspection was carried out with 125 samples of 1kg packet cooking oil weighed using a High Precision Weighing Instrument “Pre-Package Class II” to determine the accuracy of the weight of the 1kg packet cooking oil.
He added the inspection results found that all 125 samples of 1kg packet of cooking oil inspected were less than 1kg with an average overall weight of 0.9791kg.
He added a total of 12,410 kg of 1kg cooking oil packets worth RM31,025 were seized from both premises.
Dominic said case action was taken against both premises for suspected offences under Paragraph 7, Trade Descriptions (Marking of Quantity for Goods Available in Packages) Order 2023, namely failing to comply with the permitted difference limit.
He added prompt action has been taken by the ministry in taking action against premises that violate the regulations set so that consumer rights can be protected.
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