CAP wants manufacturers probed over acquisition of controlled poisons

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Consumer association says health ministry must be proactive rather than reactive in its enforcement on food products containing banned ingredients. FMTNews CAP

The health ministry had called for the existing stock of 21 food products to be surrendered to district health offices.

In a statement, the Consumers’ Association of Penang said the use of the poisons are regulated under the Poisons Act 1952 and called for further investigation to be carried out into how the controlled poisons were acquired. CAP president Mohideen Abdul Kader cited a case in 2014 where a 36-year-old man died after drinking coffee that contained high levels of sildenafil, a sex stimulant.

 

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