Health Ministry's MDA seizes unregistered medical devices worth over RM1mil


SHAH ALAM (Bernama): More than RM1mil worth of medical face masks, pulse oximeters and Covid-19 self-test kits not registered with the Health Ministry's Medical Device Authority (MDA) were seized in a raid at a company in Bukit Rimau, near here, Wednesday (Oct 6).

MDA chief executive Ahmad Shariff Hambali said that the 11am raid involved 18 enforcement officers, following complaints from the public and intelligence.

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