Seized agricultural goods to feed zoo animals

Bonus fodder: Perhilitan and Maqis personnel unloading the donated seized produce at a park in Melaka.

JOHOR BARU: Hungry zoo animals became beneficiaries of agriculture produce that were about to be destroyed by the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis).

A department under the Agriculture Ministry, Maqis is the authority responsible for regulating the import and export of agricultural goods, and such goods can be seized if importers infringe Section 11,13,14, and/or 15 of the Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011.