All mussel farmers in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, and Malacca are advised against selling their seafood products, as laboratory testing continues to detect biotoxins exceeding safe intake levels.

Fisheries Department director-general Adnan Hussain said regular sampling from both areas is conducted weekly to monitor biotoxin levels - in the water and the mussels.

“Analyses by the Kuala Lumpur Fisheries Biosecurity Centre and the Fisheries Research Institute laboratory in Batu Maung, Penang, consistently indicate high biotoxin levels...