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- 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...
- 2016.11.08
Sample of prepackaged oatmeal for infants and young children not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 8) announced that the vitamin D content of a sample of prepackaged oatmeal for infants and young children aged between 4 and 36 months was found to be...
- 2016.11.07
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from Békés County in Hungary and Alappuzha District in Kerala State of India
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 7) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza...
- 2016.11.07
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared banned ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 7) appealed to the public not to buy or consume a slimming product as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to health. The product is called "Slim fast"...
- 2016.11.04
Excessive pesticide residues found in three vegetable samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 4) that a radish sample and two Indian lettuce samples were found to have pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limits. The CFS is...