Organic products in Malaysia

There is a faction or segment of the population that heavily relies on organic products as part of daily life but finding the real thing is a problem because the origins and sellers are questionable. The actual problem is that there are sellers who say something is organic, and hence a higher price, but are unable to prove it, relying instead of the popularity of the word to do the selling.  At a morning market, I asked a seller of organic vegetables about the growing methods. Among the questions, do you use pesticides? Answer--of course, we have to, so many insects in Malaysia! I started laughing and walked off. That said, Malaysians dont ask hard questions which leads me to think that if they see the word, the product must be good. Unfortunately, the word is so common its a cliche and hence not much scrutiny by consumers. Govt knows what organic means but how much they enforce the truth, who knows.

Jusco and Tesco have foods marketed as organic and there are shops specializing in organic goods. Just google. Previously in KL, there were organic clubs in which sincere people knew what was real or fake. Given so much fakery in Asia, i couldnt say whats truly organic unless I grew the thing myself.