dirty ice factory

SHAH ALAM - The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) calls on the public to report any ice factory operating without serious hygiene.

Health Director-General Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, to facilitate it to monitor and take action against the premises.

"We noted the Sinar Harian newspaper report on Oct 10 and 11 on ice claims sold in the market were dirty and feared could affect consumers' health.

"We would like to emphasize under Regulation 394A, Food Regulations 1985 that all ice plants need to be licensed by the MOH and any unlicensed ice factory will be subjected to enforcement action," he said in a statement today.

In this case, he explained, the owners of ice plants operating without a license from MOH can be fined not more than RM5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding two years.

It is learned that up to now, there are 118 licensed ice plants with MOH nationwide while 21 ice factories are still in the process of license approval.

"The MOH is also conducting regular monitoring of ice plants operating in the country to ensure ice manufacturers comply with the rules set.

"Among the important things that are being checked and should be followed by ice plant operators are that there is no on-premises animal, clean equipment, clean water resources, clean ice handling practices and food operators who get an anti-typhoid injection," he said.

In 2015, a total of 304 inspections on ice plants were conducted and 17 ice factories were enforced.

Meanwhile, in 2016 up to August, 225 inspections on ice plants were conducted and 25 ice factories were enforced.

Consumers who have information on ice plants operating in dirty conditions may report with the location information and the name of the plant concerned to MOH through the District Health Office (PKD) or the nearest Health Department (JKN).

kilang ais kotor

SHAH ALAM - Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM)  meminta orang ramai melaporkan mana-mana kilang ais yang beroperasi tanpa menitik berat soal kebersihan.

Kata Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, ia bagi memudahkan pihaknya membuat pemantauan serta mengambil tindakan terhadap premis tersebut.

"Kami mengambil maklum laporan akhbar Sinar Harian pada 10 dan 11 Oktober lalu mengenai dakwaan ais yang dijual di pasaran adalah kotor dan dikhuatiri boleh menjejaskan kesihatan pengguna.

"Kami ingin menegaskan di bawah Peraturan 394A, Peraturan-Peraturan Makanan 1985 semua kilang ais perlu dilesenkan oleh KKM dan mana-mana kilang ais yang tidak berlesen akan dikenakan tindakan penguatkuasaan," katanya dalam kenyataan hari ini.

Dalam hal ini, jelasnya, pemilik kilang ais yang beroperasi tanpa lesen dari KKM boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi RM5,000 atau penjara tidak melebihi dua tahun.

Difahamkan, sehingga kini, terdapat 118 kilang ais berlesen dengan KKM di seluruh negara manakala 21 kilang ais masih dalam proses kelulusan lesen.

"KKM juga sentiasa menjalankan pemantauan ke atas kilang ais yang beroperasi di negara ini bagi memastikan pengilang ais mematuhi peraturan yang telah ditetapkan.

"Di antara perkara penting yang diperiksa dan perlu dipatuhi oleh pengusaha kilang ais adalah seperti tiada haiwan di premis, peralatan yang bersih, sumber air yang bersih, amalan pengendalian ais yang bersih dan pengendali makanan yang mendapat suntikan anti-tifoid," ujarnya lagi.

Pada tahun 2015, sebanyak 304 pemeriksaan ke atas kilang ais telah dijalankan dan 17 kilang ais telah diambil tindakan penguatkuasaan.

Manakala pada tahun 2016 sehingga bulan Ogos, sebanyak 225 pemeriksaan ke atas kilang ais telah dijalankan dan 25 kilang ais telah diambil tindakan penguatkuasaan.

Pengguna yang mempunyai maklumat kilang ais yang beroperasi dalam keadaan yang kotor boleh membuat laporan berserta maklumat lokasi dan nama kilang berkenaan kepada KKM melalui Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah (PKD) atau Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri (JKN) terdekat.

dirty water 2

Water Pollution Water Pollution is a very serious event for us. If the water we drink is not clean, our health will also be affected. This water pollution is due to all human production. Mereaka always throws rubbish into the river causing our river water to become dirty. The river is our water source. If the river becomes dirty, the water we drink is also not clean. The picture on the right is the river that has been polluted. There, there is a lot of waste that is wasted in the river. The flower in this picture is so dirty. It has become black after being polluted by the garbage. Another factor that causes contaminated water is the action of a small or large plant or company that removes the waste of their product. If food waste does not matter, but this is in other forms like oil and toxic material. This factor also contributes to water pollution and water destruction. In addition, human action is also one of the factors that cause this water pollution to occur. The human rights violations that always throw litter into the river. They do not know much of the aquatic life in the river wants to carry on with life difficult. People also throw garbage- waste into the river continuously. This will also cause our water to become dirty. Based on everything related to water pollution. The community should change the irresponsible attitude of the people. They should help the government overcome the problem instead of contributing.

Pencemaran Air

Pencemaran Air 

Pencemaran Air merupakan sesuatu kejadian yang amat serious kepada kita.Jika air yang kita minum tidak bersih,kesihatan kita juga akan terjejas.Pencemaran air ini berlaku kerana semuanya pembuatan manusia.Mereaka sentiasa membuang sampah-sarap ke dalam sungai memyebabkan sungai air kita menjadi kotor.Sungai ialah sumber air kita .Kalau sungai  menjadi  kotor,air yang kita minum itu juga tidak bersih.    Gambar di sebelah kanan ini ialah sungai yang telah tercemar.Di situ,ada banyak sampah yang terbuang di dalam sungai.Sungai di dalam gambar ini sangat kotor .Ia sudah menjadi hitam setelah dicemarkan oleh sampah-sarap.

  Satu lagi faktor menyebabkan air tercemar ialah tindakan kilang atau perusahaan kecil mahupun besar yang membuang sisa produk mereka.Jika sisa makanan tidak mengapa,tetapi ini dalam bentuk lain seperti minyak dan bahan beracun.Faktor ini juga penyumbang kepada pencemaran air dan kemusnahan air.   Selain itu,tindakan manusia juga merupakan salah satu faktor yang memyebabkan pencemaran air ini berlaku.Kezaliman tindakan manusia yang sentiasa membuang sampah-sarap ke dalam sungai.Mereka tidak tahu banyak hidupan akuatik di dalam sungai ingin meneruskan kehidupan dengan susah.Manusia juga membuang sampah-sampah ke dalam sungai secara berterusan.Ini juga akan memyebabkan air kita memjadi kotor.  Berdasarkan semuanya yang berkaitan dengan pencemaran air .Masyarakat seharusnya mengubah sikap hidup tidak bertanggungjawab itu.Mereka sepatutnya membantu kerajaan mengatasi masalah itu,bukanya sebagai pemyumbang.Syangilah air kita.

faces dirty water

LEARN: Some 17,000 residents in the Matu District are facing a low water pressure problem. There is more danger than water coming from the pipeline to dirty houses like rivers after rain.

As a result, residents in the district are now so difficult to get clean water supply for everyday use even more so when people are fasting during Ramadan.

The problem of low pressure and poor water quality is not new to the population but the situation is becoming increasingly noticeable when it happens when people undergo fasting and by chance it is also a school holiday season which witnessed many residents returning to the village causing increasing use of the ordinary.

More sadly, residents in Kampung Tian in the same district are now facing dirty water problems and can not drink.

Consequently, residents are forced to spend more on buying bottled water (mineral water) as cooking and for breaking fast.

Quoting the nitizen disruption affected by the problem, most of them are angry with the current situation. And the lack of immediate action by the relevant parties to restore the situation makes the residents begin to lose patience and make the social media site a part of the release of what's on the heart to the party concerned.

A resident, Noralizza Arshad, said the population is now very worried if the water problem is delayed by Syawal.

"Today's crowds will be coming home at the village. At the same time, it will cause increased water consumption. If no immediate steps are taken, this year's Hari Raya celebration will be retarded and not before.

"I represent the residents here to appeal to the relevant authorities to take immediate action to resolve the water problem we are facing. If there is no other way please send clean water to us in any way with the lorikah, with the capai. The important thing is there is a source for clean water, "he said.

According to a resident who only wants to be known as Rohani Shatu, the entire residents of Matu District receive water from the water treatment plant located at the head of Kampung Tian.

"Matu consists of several villages. The three villages have the highest population namely Kampung Sekaan, Bawang, and Tian. Kuala Matu is no exception.

"The population is so, so the plant is unable to meet the growing demand of the population. Efforts to enlarge the underground pipeline should be done promptly. Since the main pipeline built pipeline has never been upgraded or changed. This is among the causes that contribute to the problem of low and dirty water pressure.

"Rural Transformation Plan (RTP) has long been introduced. So our hope is to bring the RTP to this troubled district to generate change and development currents for us here. Water is a basic requirement that can not be taken lightly as well as infrastructure development such as roads and electricity, "he said.

Add Spiritual again, the absence of clean water increases the burden of the population. Residents need to buy bottled water. The water is priced from RM 9 to RM12 (a box, 12 bottles, 1.5 liters).

"To buy water another burden that needs to be borne by the poor and also for the elderly," he explained.

The expectation of the population now, the problem that has hit the Matu District will get due attention from the authorities in the near future.

Kampung Tian hadapi air kotor

MATU: Sebahagian daripada 17,000 penduduk di Daerah Matu kini berdepan dengan masalah tekanan air yang rendah. Lebih perit lagi ada ketikanya air yang keluar dari saluran paip ke rumah penduduk kotor seperti air sungai selepas hujan.

Ekoran daripada keadaan tersebut penduduk di daerah berkenaan kini begitu sukar untuk mendapat bekalan air bersih yang untuk kegunaan seharian lebih-lebih lagi dalam ketika penduduk menjalani ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadan sekarang.

Masalah tekanan rendah dan kualiti air yang teruk bukan perkara baharu bagi penduduk namun keadaan tersebut kini kian meruncing apabila ia berlaku ketika penduduk menjalani ibadah puasa dan secara kebetulan juga kini musim cuti sekolah yang menyaksikan ramai penduduk yang balik bercuti di kampung menyebabkan penggunaan bertambah dari biasa.

Lebih menyedihkan lagi, penduduk di Kampung Tian dalam daerah yang sama kini berdepan masalah air kotor dan dan tidak dapat diminum.

Akibatnya, penduduk terpaksa mengeluarkan perbelanjaan lebih untuk membeli air minuman botol (air mineral) sebagai kegunaan memasak dan untuk berbuka puasa.

Mengutip luahan nitizen yang terjejas akibat masalah itu, kebanyakan mereka berang dengan keadaan yang berlaku kini. Dan tiadanya tindakan segera oleh pihak berkenaan bagi memulihkan keadaan tersebut membuatkan penduduk mula hilang sabar dan menjadikan laman media sosial sebagai medan melepas apa yang terbuku di hati kepada pihak yang berkenaan.

Seorang penduduk, Noralizza Arshad berkata, penduduk kini amat bimbang jika masalah air yang dialami berlarutan sehingga menjelang Syawal.

“Hari Raya ramai yang akan pulang berhari raya di kampung.Sekali gus akan menyebabkan peningkatan penggunaan air. Jika tiada langkah segera diambil sambutan Hari Raya tahun ini akan terencat dan tidak semeriah sebelum ini.

“Saya mewakili penduduk di sini merayu kepada pihak berkenaan agar dapat bertindak segera untuk menyelesaikan masalah air yang dihadapi kami sini. Jika tiada cara lain tolonglah hantar air bersih untuk kami dengan apa cara sekalipun dengan lorikah, dengan kapalkah. Yang penting penduduk ada sumber untuk dapat air bersih,” ujarnya.

Menurut seorang penduduk yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Rohani Shatu, seluruh penduduk Daerah Matu menerima bekalan air dari loji perawatan air yang terletak di hulu Kampung Tian.

“Matu terdiri daripada beberapa kampung. Tiga kampung memiliki penduduk tertinggi iaitu Kampung Sekaan, Bawang, dan Tian. Tidak terkecuali Kuala Matu.

“Penduduk ramai, jadi loji sudah tidak mampu memenuhi permintaan penduduk yang kian bertambah. Usaha memperbesar saluran paip induk bawah tanah perlu dilakukan dengan kadar segera. Sejak loji air dibina saluran paip utama belum pernah dinaik taraf atau ditukar. Ini menjadi antara sebab yang menyumbang kepada masalah tekanan air rendah dan kotor.

“Rancangan Transformasi Luar Bandar (RTP) telah lama diperkenalkan. Jadi harapan kami bawalah RTP ke daerah bermasalah ini bagi menjana perubahan dan pembawa arus pembangunan untuk kami di sini. Air adalah keperluan asas yang tidak boleh dipandang enteng selain pembangunan prasarana seperti jalan raya dan juga elektrik,” ujarnya.

Tambah Rohani lagi, ketiadaan air bersih menambah bebanan penduduk. Penduduk perlu membeli air minuman dalam botol. Air berkenaan berharga dari RM 9 hingga RM12 (sekotak, 12 botol, 1.5 liter).

“Terpaksa membeli air satu lagi beban yang perlu ditanggung penduduk yang kurang mampu dan juga bagi golongan warga emas,” jelasnya.

Harapan penduduk kini, masalah yang sedang melanda Daerah Matu akan mendapat perhatian sewajarnya daripada pihak berwajib dalam masa terdekat.

red soil collapse

 A daily routine of more than 1,000 residents in Kampung Nibong and Kampung Wakaf Simen, near here, has been hit harder for more than two months, when their main source of contaminated water supplies is allegedly due to logging activities.

Disappointed after no action had been taken, although complaints had been made to the relevant parties, residents of the two villages gathered peacefully to protest against the logging activity here, yesterday.

The Nibong Water Net Committee chairman Kamaruzaman Derahman, 51, claimed that logging activities on Bukit Kemahang caused a watershed or marker catchment which became the main source of water supply for the affected population.

His story, the logging activity caused the water supply to become turbid and cluttered, especially after the rain and the situation would last for several days.

"The problem of dirty water and can not be used immediately causes people to buy mineral water for daily use and this condition is definitely burdening the villagers," he said, yesterday.

Kamaruzaman claimed that the problem arose several days before Ramadan, when the parties started logging activities in the quarry sector owned by a quarry mining company on the hill.

"Some complaints have been made including sending a letter of protest to the state forestry office and State Land and Mines Office on Aug 7 but until today, no action was taken," he said.

A resident, Hassan Mohamad, 43, claimed that the problem was also complained to the quarry company, but the party ignored the hardship of the people.

"For me, there are many children who are still in school, the problem of dirty water is very troublesome especially to wash their school clothes so they have to send them to the laundry.

"For those who can not afford to send a laundry shop, they have to overtake the wells or boring water of the neighbors but are also ashamed that every day," he said, there were six children.

Hence, he urged the authorities to take action to overcome the problem including stopping logging activities in areas near the water mark.

For Mastura Harun, the problem of murky and wrinkled water caused her son's school clothes to be yellow, and even the water could not be used to take ablution for being too dirty.

"I asked the parties to bring us back the water and do not disturb the water spill which is our main source of water supply since decades ago," he said.

Hasnah Mohamad was unable to resist her when she told her difficulty because of the problem of dirty water, which is like the color of tea.

"I can not afford to live in such a condition as to wash clothes and can not afford to buy mineral water for daily use," he said.