Public tip-off leads to medical device bust


Off the market: Dr Muralitharan (centre) taking a closer look at one of the seized items during the press conference in Cyberjaya. With him are MDA Intelligence and Operations unit head, Dery Akmal Abdul Rahman and Jevitra. — AZMAN GHANI/The Star

CYBERJAYA: Over 20,000 unregistered medical devices, including pregnancy test kits, gauze swabs and condoms have been seized by the authorities after a six-month operation following a public tip-off.

The Health Ministry’s Medical Device Authority (MDA) post-market and enforcement division conducted the operation against a company based in Sungai Besar, Selangor, which was selling unregistered condoms, pregnancy test kits, as well as fertility test kits imported from China.

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