The stories shaping Malaysia, in focus.
A three-month-old infant in Guangdong, China was hospitalized after parents prepared his milk formula using vegetable juice instead of water, causing nitrite poisoning. Medical experts warn against substituting water with alternative liquids when feeding infants.
Vietnamese authorities have charged two women for smuggling frozen chicken feet from disease-prone countries into Vietnam and illegally distributing over 10,000 tonnes domestically instead of re-exporting, in a case valued at US$13 million.
Indonesia's ambitious free nutritious meals programme for 61 million students faces mounting pressure to halt operations, with human rights bodies, students, and civil society groups citing food poisoning incidents, poor oversight, and constitutional concerns over budget allocation.
Penang's health department has temporarily closed 177 food premises for hygiene violations discovered during inspections of 4,069 establishments from January to April, with pest control issues accounting for nearly 70 percent of closures.