After commotion last week as angry Malaysian traders against the use of RFID to export Bird's nest to China... wonder what will be the result? Bird’s nest prices had also dropped from RM4,000 per kg to just under RM2,000 in a year. Malaysian Federation of Bird’s Nest Traders Association secretary Carole Loh warned that the industry was “on the brink of collapse” unless it received help soon

Bird Nest tracking in Malaysia using RFID

April 2012

Federation of Malaysian Bird’s Nest Merchants Association is seeking the support and assistance from the government, namely the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry to look into any feasible way to solve the current crisis. A Government-to-Government (G2G) approach to deal with the current issue raised by China pertaining to the nitrite content in our EBN exporting to China.

Swiftlet Eco Park Group of Companies involves only in house nest. Neither red EBN nor cave nest. We are practising comprehensive and professional standards in all our research & development (R&D) as well as adopting the highest international standards of cleaning and processing EBN by nano bubble technology, so as to achieve international food safety standards.

In addition, we fully agree with the initiative of traceability system implemented by our Government to encourage food safety tracking system, enhance automation in collection and processing centre, and also our effort in realising the utilization of Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology, in tracing the origin of bird's nest, thus enable our EBN to command a higher value in the international market. Our clients will have peace of mind by consuming our products.