Ministry: Sale of pufferfish will be made illegal soon


  • Nation
  • Monday, 03 Jul 2017

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is coming up with a regulation – make the sale of pufferfish illegal unless its toxins have been removed first.

Amendments to the Food Act 1983 would forbid the import, preparation, advertisement or sale of pufferfish unless it is made safe first by “qualified persons”.

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