| Product name: | Crostini Classic Cranberry Hazelnut Cookies |
| Brand: | Crostini |
| Place of origin: | Hong Kong |
| Manufacturer: | Divine Food Service Limited |
| Net volume: | 227g |
| Use by Date: | March 31, 2019 |
| Non-compliant test parameters: | Sodium |
| Detected content: | 29mg / 100g |
| Declared content: | 19mg / 100g |
| Sampling location: | A food factory in Tsim Sha Tsui |
| Remarks: | - The CFS has urged the trade to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- The CFS is tracing the distribution of the affected product.
- According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
- The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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Reposted from HKSAR Government webpage:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/unsat_samples/20190111_7293.html
