food production Archives

12 March 2026

Animal health

Government Studying Pig Farming Industry Reform To Secure Pork Supply: Minister

KPKM Minister Mat Sabu says the government is studying Malaysia’s pig farming industry to strengthen policy and sustain pork supply. The review comes as pork self-sufficiency has fallen below 70 per cent and amid debate over pig farming bans in Selangor.

26 February 2026

Animal health

KPKM Wants Livestock Units At Oil Palm Plantations To Boost Beef Supply

KPKM urges oil palm plantation companies to integrate cattle farming to boost local beef supply and raise Malaysia’s meat self-sufficiency ratio from 17% to 50% by 2030. Existing ruminant programmes include satellite farms, feedlots, and breeder projects.

25 February 2026

Malaysia

Regular Eggs Still Main Supply Despite Omega Egg Visibility: KPKM

Omega and selenium eggs make up only 3-4% of Malaysia’s egg production, with regular eggs still dominating supply, says Mat Sabu. Malaysia produced 15.8 billion eggs in 2024 and expects a 10% rise last year, with egg SSR currently at 107%.

19 January 2026

Animal health

Farmers Organisation Authority Defends Overseas Reverse Investments As ‘Food Sovereignty’

Farmers Organisation Authority (LPP) chairman Mahfuz Omar defends KPKM's reverse investment strategy for GLCs/GLICs to invest in foreign farming, saying Malaysia's food sovereignty can't be measured solely by output or self-sufficiency ratios.

8 January 2026

Animal health

DVS Finds Rising AMR In Malaysian Livestock, Excessive Antibiotic Use

DVS reports rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in nationwide farms among poultry, pigs, and dairy cattle, as Salmonella and E. Coli samples show increasing resistance to commonly used antibiotics. DVS links AMR to excessive antibiotic use in livestock.

7 January 2026

Animal health

Zero Sales Tax On Agricultural Inputs A ‘Windfall’: KPKM

KPKM welcomes the sales tax exemption on agricultural inputs like animal feed, fertiliser, and insecticide as a "windfall" for the agriculture sector, saying industry players believe this will cut production costs and ensure affordability of food products.

21 October 2025

Malaysia

Huat Lai Becomes Malaysia’s Biggest Certified Humane Cage-Free Egg Producer

Huat Lai Resources Berhad has become Malaysia’s largest cage-free egg producer after earning Certified Humane accreditation from the US-based HFAC – a first for cage-free liquid eggs – marking a major Malaysia milestone in animal-welfare food production.

26 September 2025

Animal health

Lam Thye Touts Cage-Free Eggs, Battery Hens In ‘Silent Suffering’

Activist Lee Lam Thye calls for cage-free egg production in Malaysia, slamming conventional factory farming with hens in battery cages. Cage-free farms use less antibiotics too. Officials urge higher standards to boost safety, exports, and consumer trust.

Tag: food production

Government Studying Pig Farming Industry Reform To Secure Pork Supply: Minister

KPKM Wants Livestock Units At Oil Palm Plantations To Boost Beef Supply

Regular Eggs Still Main Supply Despite Omega Egg Visibility: KPKM

Farmers Organisation Authority Defends Overseas Reverse Investments As ‘Food Sovereignty’

DVS Finds Rising AMR In Malaysian Livestock, Excessive Antibiotic Use

Zero Sales Tax On Agricultural Inputs A ‘Windfall’: KPKM

Huat Lai Becomes Malaysia’s Biggest Certified Humane Cage-Free Egg Producer

Lam Thye Touts Cage-Free Eggs, Battery Hens In ‘Silent Suffering’

HSAJB Probes Doctor’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Anaesthesiologist

Malaysian Medical Negligence Damages Still Too Low: Lawyer

Universiti Malaya’s Nirmala Appointed To WHO Science Council

Taiping Hospital Medical Officers Drowning Under Cluster Expansions, Zero Housemen — Medical Officer

Why Malaysia’s Health Care Financing Model Is Mathematically Unsustainable