Study: 50pct of 5k imported samples found mixed with local white rice

The findings of a study conducted by the Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) found that approximately 50 percent of the 5,000 imported rice samples seized by the authorities were mixed with local white rice.

Mardi Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Research Centre senior research officer Shahril Firdaus Ab Razak said the study was conducted using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing technology which can distinguish between local and imported white rice.

“These 5,000 samples were...