Move to resolve swiftlet farming industry problems

August 25, 2012

File photo shows a bird at a swiftlet farm in Penang. — AFP/Relaxnews pic

TANJONG KARANG, Aug 25 –- Come Aug 30, Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar will chair a meeting to resolve problems faced by the swiftlet farming industry operators. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry will be observer at the meeting which will be held at the ministry in Putrajaya.
Urging all eight associations representing the operators to attend the meeting, Noh hoped the number of associations representing the swiftlet farming industry would remain at eight.
He said this was to facilitate the ministry to monitor the industry’s development and resolve problems.
“Prior to this, the government had held discussions with operators, even though only two or three representatives turned up. There are now, too many associations in the industry,” said Noh, who is also Tanjung Karang member of parliament at the constituency’s Hari Raya open house here today.
Noh said the ministry would consider every claim of the eight associations, among them the usage of Radio Frequency Identification to identify the source of bird’s nest exported to China.
Apart from that, the issue of unprocessed bird’s nest export, as well as the content of Malaysia-China Trade protocol on the product, would be covered, he noted.
The minister said there were problems with bird’s nest exports from Malaysia in China, and the product was no longer allowed to be exported there. – Bernama
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