date:Oct 10, 2018
Malaysia will monitor all checkpoints to ensure exported vegetables pulled off the shelves in Singapore are not allowed back into the local market. The Agriculture and Agro-based Industries enforcement body, the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) is responsible here.
It all started when iceberg lettuce from a Malaysian farm had been recalled by authorities in Singapore after high levels of the pesticide Fipronil were found on them. The greens were distributed at NTUC FairPrice