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- 2016.12.28
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Chinese kale sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 28) announced that a sample of Chinese kale was found to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the...
- 2016.12.23
Dried conch sample detected with preservative exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 23) announced that a loose-packed dried conch sample was found to contain a preservative, sulphur dioxide, at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS...
- 2016.12.23
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Uto island, Sweden
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 23) that in view of a notification from the Swedish authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza on Uto island, Sweden,...
- 2016.12.23
Import and sale of a type of New Zealand "Therealmilkco" milk prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 23) that two samples of bottled pasteurised milk of the same batch imported from New Zealand, were detected with total bacterial counts...
- 2016.12.22
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 22) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian...
- 2016.12.21
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from areas in Germany and the Netherlands
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 21) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2016.12.20
Centre for Food Safety announces test results on hot pot food samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has recently completed a survey assessing the food safety of hot pot cuisine. Except for one bottled vinegar sample found to contain a preservative not permitted in...
- 2016.12.20
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Przemyski County, Poland
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 20) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...