The factory has been ordered shut for two weeks from today.

Penang City Council Public Health Standing Committee Chairman Ong Ah Teong said an inspection of the premises revealed cat, rat and cockroach droppings on the factory floor used for processing the soy sauce.

“Subsequently, the state Health Department issued a notice for the owner to stop operations for 14 days to ensure the soy sauce factory is really clean,” he said when contacted here today.

He said the factory was also fined RM100 for emitting thick smoke not in accordance with specifications and for not providing suitable emission equipment.

The city council also issued a two-week notice to the factory operator to change or improve its smoke emission method to avoid causing problems to the residents in the surroundings, he said.

– BERNAMA