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- 2017.04.25
Public urged not to buy or consume virility product with undeclared ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 25) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a product (no English name, see photo) that was found to contain undeclared aconite alkaloids and sildenafil. The DH commenced investigation upon...
- 2017.04.18
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Thua Thien-Hue Province in Vietnam
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 18) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian...
- 2017.04.13
Excessive pesticide residue found in small Chinese white cabbage sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 13) announced that a small Chinese white cabbage sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following...
- 2017.04.13
Unlicensed food factory selling cakes online fined $3,000
A 23-year-old man was fined $3,000 by the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (April 13) for operating an unlicensed food factory. A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that the department earlier...
- 2017.04.12
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Metropolitan City of Bologna in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 12) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.04.07
CFS finds trace of malachite green in freshwater grouper sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 7) announced that a trace amount of malachite green was found in a freshwater grouper sample. Follow-up is in progress. A CFS spokesman said, "Subsequent...
- 2017.04.07
CFS urges public not to feed babies with three kinds of prepackaged baby biscuits imported from United Kingdom
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 7) urged the public not to feed infants with three kinds of prepackaged baby biscuits imported from the United Kingdom as the products may pose a choking...
- 2017.04.07
DH urges public not to buy or use cream product with undeclared controlled ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 7) appealed to the public not to buy or use a cream product called LANG DU as it was found to contain undeclared controlled ingredients.Acting upon a public complaint, the DH purchased a sample of the above...