LANGKAWI: The Health Ministry has ordered two online shopping platforms to remove advertisements promoting eyeball gummy candies after a boy in Penang allegedly died from choking on the sweets.
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that based on profiling, the ministry identified 86 advertisement links on the shopping platforms promoting the product, adding that the ministry's Food Safety and Quality Division instructed the platforms to take down the advertisements on Sunday (Feb 23).
