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- 2016.11.18
CFS announces follow-up risk assessment results on aluminium in food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 18) announced the results of a recently completed follow-up risk assessment study on aluminium in food. The results showed that aluminium-containing...
- 2016.11.17
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Chinese kale sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 17) 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...
- 2016.11.16
CFS announces latest test result on hairy crabs
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (November 16) that the CFS has stepped up surveillance on hairy crabs and found that the total level of dioxins and dioxin-like...
- 2016.11.15
Canned fish from Japan may contain foreign matters
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 15) urged the public not to consume certain batches of a kind of canned fish from Japan as they are suspected to contain foreign matters. The trade...
- 2016.11.15
Sample of made-to-order salad contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 15) noted that a sample of mixed vegetable ingredient of a made-to-order smoked salmon mixed vegetable salad was found to have been contaminated with...
- 2016.11.14
DH endorses recall of three Fleming antibiotics
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 14) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Medreich Far East Limited, to recall all batches of three antibiotics from the market as their package inserts do not match with the registered ones. The...
- 2016.11.11
CFS announces latest test results on hairy crabs
A spokesman for The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (November 11) that the CFS has stepped up surveillance on hairy crabs subsequent to finding levels of dioxins and dioxin-like...
- 2016.11.10
Cheese sample detected with preservative exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 10) that a prepackaged cheese sample was found to contain sodium nitrite, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is...