| Issue Date | 29.3.2025 |
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| Source of Information | Centre for Food Safety |
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| Food Product | Prepackaged double cream |
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| Product Name and Description | Product name: British Double Cream 300ml Brand: Marks & Spencer Place of origin: UK Importer: Alf Retail Hong Kong Limited Packing: 300ml per pack Use-by date: March 29, 2025 |
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| Reason For Issuing Alert | - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) collected the above-mentioned sample at the import level for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the total bacterial count for the sample was 394,800 per millilitre. According to the Milk Regulation (Cap. 132AQ), milk after heat treatment by means of pasteurisation should not contain more than 30,000 bacteria per millilitre.
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| Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety | - The CFS has informed the importer concerned of the irregularity, and has temporarily suspended the permission to import for sale of the product concerned granted earlier to the importer. The importer concerned has stopped selling and removed from shelves the affected batch of the product upon the CFS's instructions and has initiated a recall.
- The CFS will inform the British authorities of the incident, and will continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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| Advice to the Trade | - Stop using or selling the batch of the product concerned immediately if they possess it.
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| Advice to Consumers | - Not to consume the affected batch of the product.
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| Further Information | The CFS press release Members of the public may call the importer's hotline at 3656 2253 during office hours for enquiries about the recall. |
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Reposted from HKSAR Government webpage:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/whatsnew/whatsnew_fa/2025_586.html
