The Ministry of Health has issued a statement refuting claims that it endorsed a diabetes recovery product that’s advertised on Facebook. The ad came from a Facebook page with 378 likes and it showed a photo of Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin with the text “Khairy’s Advice for Diabetics – Blood sugar returns to normal”.
KKM ingin menegaskan bahawa KKM tidak pernah memperakukan mana-mana produk atau makanan yang boleh menggantikan ubatan termasuk insulin untuk merawat Diabetes seperti didakwa oleh Facebook page “Ainalienshop-TW”
Gambar yang digunakan merupakan gambar yang telah diubahsuai. pic.twitter.com/4aFwC9zGBL
— KKMalaysia🇲🇾😷 (@KKMPutrajaya) May 6, 2022
The Ministry of Health warns all manufacturers and product owners to be responsible and not to cause confusion among the public. Despite the report from the Ministry of Health, the ad is still active and it has been running since 2nd May 2022. At the time of writing, it seems that Facebook has not taken any steps to stop the ad and as a result, Malaysian consumers are still at risk of being misled by false advertising on their platform.
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