The Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOF) has lifted the ban on the harvesting and sale of shellfish including mussels in the waters of Port Dickson and Malacca following a drop in biotoxin to safe levels.

Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup said as a result of laboratory monitoring and analysis, biotoxin readings showed a decrease to below 400 parts per billion (ppb) for the 15th sample.