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- 2016.07.28
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Chinese lettuce sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 28) announced that a sample of Chinese lettuce was detected to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the...
- 2016.07.28
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 (July 28) announced that the nutrient contents of a bottled soda sample and a prepackaged cookies sample were found to be inconsistent with the declared values on...
- 2016.07.27
CFS announces results of targeted surveillance on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 27) announced the results of a recently completed targeted food surveillance project on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food. All samples passed the...
- 2016.07.27
CFS urges public not to consume prepackaged flour with possible E. coli contamination
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 27) urged the public not to consume a kind of prepackaged flour imported from the United States (US) as the product might have been contaminated with...
- 2016.07.26
Test results of targeted surveillance on coagulase-positive staphylococci organisms in ready-to-eat food all satisfactory
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has recently completed a targeted food surveillance project on coagulase-positive staphylococci organisms (including Staphylococcus aureus) in ready-to-eat food....
- 2016.07.26
Two durian samples detected with colouring matter curcumin
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 26) announced that two durian samples were detected with curcumin, a colouring matter which should not be added to fruit and vegetables in a raw and...
- 2016.07.25
Recall of slimming product with undeclared Western drug ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 25) endorsed a local distributor, Catil International Holdings Limited (Catil), to recall a slimming product called B-finn from the market as it was found to contain undeclared Western drug ingredients....
- 2016.07.24
Undeclared allergen (milk) found in bottled rice drink
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 24) announced that a kind of bottled rice drink produced in Korea was found to contain a food allergen, milk, but it was not declared on the food label. A...