After ‘puding buih’ incident, MOH’s Food Safety and Quality Division wants to regulate home-based online food businesses


A food poisoning victim showing the 'puding buih' that she purchased online from a home-based food seller. — Bernama

Home-based online food businesses that offer delivery services in Malaysia will soon be required to register with the Food Safety and Quality Division under the Ministry of Health (MOH).

"We are preparing a holistic exercise for the home-based industry that will cover regulations, registrations and special guidelines for home-based delivery," said the division's senior director Mohd Salim Hj Dulatti.

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