Yanong Frozen Food Hopes To Expand Meatball Market In Sabah

SANDAKAN, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Sabah- based Yanong Frozen Food, which produces meatball products, hopes to further expand its market in the state. The small and medium enterprise outfit, which secured loan for its capital from Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM), was established by Yanong Latuka, 57, and operates in Kampung Paris Kinabatangan.

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Published: November 22, 2012

Yanong, a mother of seven children, started the business in 2009 with a capital of RM20,000 from AIM and the company now employs nine workers.

Besides meatballs, the company has now diversified its product range to include chilli sauce, tomato sauce and spicy soy sauce.

At present, the company's products are marketed in shops and shopping centres in Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Lahad Datu and Kota Kinabalu.

According to her, the product distribution is carried out by the company with the help of wholesalers especially for areas within the district.

"The products received encouraging response and the company's income is currently between RM7,000 and RM10,000 per month," she told Bernama here.

Yanong said the company is currently in the process of getting the halal certification to enable the products to be marketed to Brunei and Saudi Arabia.

Towards this end, the company is in the midst of fulfilling the requirements for the halal certification and improve the quality of its packaging.

Yanong said she focused on the meatball business as there were not many local companies that produced the product in Sabah particularly in the east coast.

-- BERNAMA