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- 2016.07.11
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from Niagara Region, Ontario Province of Canada
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 11) that in view of a notification from the Canadian authorities about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Niagara Region, Ontario...
- 2016.07.08
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Indian lettuce sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 8) announced that a sample of Indian lettuce (a leafy vegetable) was detected to have a pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2016.07.08
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared and banned Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 8) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product called "Lose Weight Coffee" as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to health....
- 2016.07.08
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 (July 8) 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 the...
- 2016.07.07
CFS finds traces of malachite green in two eel samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 7) announced that two eel samples were found to contain trace amounts of malachite green. Follow-up is in progress. A CFS spokesman said, "Subsequent to...
- 2016.07.07
Excessive metallic contaminant found in prepackaged bamboo fungus sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 7) announced that a prepackaged bamboo fungus sample was detected with a metallic contaminant, cadmium, at a level exceeding the legal limit. Members of the...
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- 2016.07.07
Sunflower oil samples detected with harmful contaminant benzo[a]pyrene
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 7) that three bottled sunflower oil samples were detected to contain a harmful contaminant, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). Members of the public are...
- 2016.07.06
Bottled preserved bean curd contaminated with Bacillus cereus
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 6) urged the public not to consume a batch of bottled preserved bean curd which has been contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The trade should also stop...