PETALING JAYA: Shake and Bake Cafe Sdn Bhd and its managing director, Ewe Sarn Yuen, have been separately charged with misusing the halal logo on sandwiches it supplied to convenience store KK Mart.
Ewe, who is also Gopeng MCA chief, claimed trial to six charges after it was read before Petaling Jaya sessions court judge Noor Ruzilawati Nor, Berita Harian reported.
He was charged under Section 4(1) of the Trade Descriptions Order (Halal Definition) 2011 for supplying 366 sandwiches which are likely to mislead people that the food is halal.
The products involved are 50 mixed tuna sandwiches, 43 mixed potato sandwiches, 77 mixed chicken sandwiches, 74 egg mayo sandwiches, 66 ham and cheese sandwiches and 56 chilli crab stick sandwiches.
Ewe, 65, was charged with committing the offences at Shake and Bake’s premises in Sunway Damansara on Jan 10. He faces a maximum RM100,000 fine, up to three years in jail, or both, if convicted as a first offender.
Repeat offenders face a maximum RM250,000 fine, up to five years’ imprisonment, or both, upon conviction.
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