Govt allows 2 companies produce clear refined white sugar

The government has allowed two local sugar-producing companies, MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Central Sugars Refinery Sdn Bhd (CSR), to produce clear refined white sugar, effective today.

Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Salahuddin Ayub said the approval would give consumers a choice of sugar, besides the existing coarse and fine refined white sugar which is described as “people's sugar”...