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- 2016.08.22
Soft ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 22) announced that a sample of soft ice-cream was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress. A spokesman...
- 2016.08.22
Two prepackaged food samples not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 22) announced that the nutrient contents of a bottled dressing sample and a tinned infant formula sample were found to be inconsistent with the declared...
- 2016.08.19
DH endorses batch recall of eye drops (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 19) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Ashford Pharmaceuticals Limited, to recall from consumers a batch of eye drops labelled as Optomycin Eye Drops 0.5% (registration number: HK-49683) on the outer box...
- 2016.08.18
CFS urges public not to consume plasticiser-tainted bottled tartare sauce imported from UK
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 18) that a sample of bottled tartare sauce imported from the United Kingdom (UK) was found to contain a plasticiser, Di-isodecyl phthalate...
- 2016.08.17
Preserved vegetable samples detected with preservative exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 17) that two prepackaged preserved vegetable samples of the same product but of different batches were found to contain a preservative, sulphur...
- 2016.08.16
Fresh beef sample found to contain sulphur dioxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 16) that a sample of fresh beef was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is not permitted to be used in fresh meat. The CFS...
- 2016.08.15
Consumers urged not to consume French raw goat milk cheese contaminated with E. coli
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 15) urged the public not to consume a batch of raw goat milk cheese imported from France as it was contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli). The...
- 2016.08.15
Soft ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 15) announced that a sample of soft ice-cream was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress. A spokesman for...