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Malaysia's Halal Chicken Scandal: Plant Raided for Hygiene Breaches

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A raid on a chicken processing plant in Puchong, Malaysia, has uncovered significant hygiene breaches and potential violations of Islamic slaughtering requirements. The facility, which operated for years without certification and processed over 40,000 chickens daily, was found to be using electric shocks before slaughter, contrary to halal standards. This incident has prompted calls for enhanced regulatory oversight of the country's halal certification process. AI

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Malaysia's Halal Chicken Scandal: Plant Raided for Hygiene Breaches

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Muttaqin Yusof ·

    Malaysia’s halal chicken scandal exposes hygiene breaches at filthy plant

    Malaysia’s halal safeguards are under scrutiny after filthy conditions and suspected slaughtering breaches at a chicken plant sparked demands to explain how it ignored warnings and operated for years without certification. The hygiene failures at the Puchong facility came to ligh…

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