A total of 28 dry food items provided under the supply of cooked food (BMB) programme at 13 boarding schools were found to have no expiry date and those which have passed their ‘best before’ date of up to 427 days.

According to the Auditor-General’s Report 2018 Series 3, the physical audits conducted from Feb 21 to March 20, 2019, also found that food items in 30 boarding schools involved in the BMB programme were without the halal logo recognised by the Malaysian Islamic Development Department.