No company licenced to import, sell zam zam water, says Health Ministry

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PUTRAJAYA: There is no distributor or company in Malaysia that has a licence to import or sell zam zam water.

said zam zam water is categorised as natural mineral water and falls under Regulation 360A of the Food Regulations 1985.

"In this case, the Saudi Arabian government has never issued the confirmation because zam zam water cannot be exported and traded," he said in a statement on Friday following media reports on the sale of zam zam water online. He said a total of 237 food advertisements were deleted from e-commerce platforms for various offences under the Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations 1985, following screening conducted by the ministry's Food Safety and Quality Division.Dr Noor Hisham said from 2021 until this year, a total of 23 and 40 zam zam water advertisements respectively, were deleted from social media.

 

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