Official Portal of the Kelantan State Government
📍 Ramadan Bazaar at Perak Jubilee Hall, Tanah Merah District Council
📅 2 March 2026 (Monday)
🕓 4.00 pm
The Food Safety Walkabout Program for Ramadan Bazaar at Tanah Merah District Level in 2026 was carried out in collaboration with the Tanah Merah District Health Office (PKD) and the Tanah Merah District Council as a continuous effort to ensure cleanliness, food safety, and public health standards are maintained throughout the month of Ramadan.
The program was led by Dr. Nik Aida binti Nik Adib, District Health Officer of Tanah Merah. Accompanying the walkabout session were Dr. Ahmad Zulfahmi bin Mohd. Kamaruzaman, Epidemiologist of PKD Tanah Merah.
Present were representatives from the Tanah Merah District Council led by En. Nur Hassan bin Aziz, Assistant Environmental Health Officer, Licensing and Public Health Department, along with enforcement officers from PKD Tanah Merah and the Tanah Merah District Council.
The program aims to ensure all bazaar operators comply with cleanliness and food safety requirements in line with the Food Hygiene Regulations 2009. In addition to monitoring, educational approaches were provided to raise awareness among operators and visitors about the importance of proper food handling and the prevention of infectious diseases.
Among the activities carried out:
✅ Walkabout visits and monitoring of sales stalls
✅ Inspection of premises cleanliness by health enforcement officers
✅ Distribution of food handler kits with the message “I am a Hygienic Food Handler”
✅ Distribution of brochures and health education displays related to food safety complaints, tuberculosis, dengue, diabetes mellitus, leptospirosis, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD)
✅ Promotion of War on Sugar recommendations and the “Careful and Choose” concept to visitors
Through the implementation of this program, it is hoped that the level of compliance of operators with food safety aspects can be improved and provide confidence to the public to obtain clean and safe food throughout the month of Ramadan.
Thank you to all parties involved in making this program a success.
