KUALA
LUMPUR, May 14 ― The health ministry has denied cannabis (ganja)-laced
cosmetics are being sold at cosmetics stores in the Kuala Lumpur International
Airport and Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2.
Health
Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said its pharmaceutical
enforcement division (BPF) had inspected 22 premises selling cosmetics and
found that none sold cannabis-laced cosmetic products.
“The
cyber pharmaceutical section, BPF and the ministry monitor websites and the
social media to detect those dealing in such cosmetic products without
notification, as well as unregistered medicines online.
“Last
year, several websites and Facebook sites selling cosmetics containing cannabis
were detected and reported to the police narcotics division,” he said in a
statement here today.
To date,
the BPF had not received any report on seizure of cannabis in cosmetics, he
added.
Noor
Hisham was commenting on Senator Datuk Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah's statement at the
Dewan Negara on May 3, that cosmetic products such as lipstick, lotion and lip
gloss containing cannabis were sold at the airport and online.
He
stressed that cosmetic products in Malaysia were controlled in terms of import,
manufacturing, sales, supply and possession under the Control of Drugs and
Cosmetics Regulations 1984.
Consumers
should report to the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (BPFK) if they find
any suspicious cosmetic products in the market or experience allergic reaction
after using cosmetic products, via e-mail to kosmetik@bpfk.gov.my or contact
03-78838496/5532.
Bernama
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