A Malaysian woman reveals unhygienic food storage at a Ramadan bazaar vendor’s house, sparking online debate and calls for stricter hygiene enforcement.
SELLING food and beverages is no easy walk in the park, as many factors come into play to ensure hygiene and quality standards are met.
A Malaysian woman recently exposed a friend for allegedly unhygienic food storage practices.
Taking to Threads, the woman shared that her friend sells roti john and murtabak at a Ramadan bazaar, although the location was not disclosed in the post. She recounted that upon entering her friend’s house one day, she was immediately overwhelmed by a nauseating smell coming from the refrigerator.
“When the refrigerator was opened, the stench was so bad that I had to run straight to the toilet because I felt like vomiting,” she wrote.
Images attached to the post showed what appeared to be a dark liquid, believed to be blood, pooling beneath plastic bags of raw ingredients in the refrigerator’s vegetable drawer.
“When it comes to hygiene, there can be no compromise. The meat was soaked in blood, and the blood looked dark and smelled foul,” she added.
The woman also claimed that her friend’s neat and well-groomed appearance did not reflect the condition of the kitchen she witnessed.
In the comments section, she assured netizens that she had informed her friend about the refrigerator’s condition and that it was subsequently cleaned with her help.
Netizens urged the woman to report the kitchen’s condition to the relevant authorities, while the now-viral post served as a sobering reminder for consumers to be vigilant about how food vendors prepare their products.
“Okay, I’ll stick to home-cooked food this Ramadan,” one commenter replied.
“This is seriously filthy. My mother runs a restaurant and she keeps everything clean. This is why I’m afraid to buy food from bazaars,” another user said.
“Don’t they feel guilty about the possibility of causing food poisoning? It’s not just stomach aches — it can lead to death. Why do so many bazaar vendors seem focused only on making quick money?” another commented.
The Sun Malaysia
