Health Ministry bans traditional plaster containing scheduled poisons


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 08 Oct 2019

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has issued a warning against the use of the "Herbun Plaster" as the traditional product contains diphenhydramine, a scheduled poison.

The product had its registration cancelled by the Ministry on Oct 3 after it detected the use of the poison, which is not allowed in traditional products such as the plaster which is registered as a traditional product for aches and pains.

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