Dr Maria presenting a memento to Tun Musa Aman.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is keeping an eye out for sales of the gummy candy which killed a ten-year-old last week.
State Health director Dr Maria Suleiman said although there were no cases involving the eyeball-shaped candy yet, the department is not taking any chances with monitoring its sale.
This comes following the Health Ministry’s ban on the sales of these gummies after 10-year-old Mohammad Fahmi Hafiz Mohammad Fakhruddin died from choking on a gummy candy he bought outside his SK Sungai Dua school in Butterworth last week.
“We will take stern action against anyone found breaching any of the Food Acts available, and this includes packaging, size and types of food which might pose safety and health hazards to consumers,” she warned.
Dr Maria said this in a statement Thursday (Feb 27) after paying a courtesy call to Sabah governor Tun Musa Aman.
She said the department hopes to bridge relations with the state government apart from discussing better healthcare development for the state.
On other matters, she said the Sabah Health Department has outlined five main strategies to improve healthcare.
Dr Maria said they include health autonomy for the department, improving health facility development structures in Sabah and empowering healthcare services to provide quality service to customers.
“We are also aiming to increase human resources and strategies in increasing funding for management of healthcare,” she added.
