PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has shut down 910 dirty eateries from January to June and issued 16,415 notices for offences under the Food Act.
The ministry said it inspected 63,784 food outlets during the period.
It also inspected 94,275 food handlers, 84.7% of whom had been vaccinated against typhoid.
“Action was taken against food handlers and owners of the eateries whose workers failed to comply with the law (requiring vaccination),” it said in a statement.
The ministry warned that dirty eateries were at risk of being shut down for 14 days, while owners could be imprisoned for a maximum of five years or fined, or both, if convicted for failing to comply with sanitary and hygienic requirements.
It was responding to a news article which said there has been a rise in reports of dirty eateries as well as unhygienic practices in restaurants and food processing factories.