Checks to ensure recalled lettuce not allowed back in Malaysia


PETALING JAYA: The country will monitor all checkpoints to ensure Malaysian-grown vegetables pulled off the shelves in Singapore are not allowed back into the local market.

The Agriculture and Agro-based Industries’ enforcement body, the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis), would act on it, said minister Datuk Salahuddin Ayub.

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