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- 2014.11.04
Customs alerts public on unsafe "walking stick with folding stool"
The Customs and Excise Department today (November 4) alerted members of the public on the potential hazards posed by a "walking stick with folding stool", and advised purchasers to stop using it for safety sake. After laboratory tests on the safety...
- 2014.11.04
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared Western medicine ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 4) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product called Mezo as it was found to contain undeclared Western medicine ingredients. During the DH's market surveillance, Mezo was...
- 2014.10.29
DH raids hair treatment shop for sale of unregistered pharmaceutical product with undeclared drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 29) raided a hair treatment shop in Yau Ma Tei in a joint operation with the Police for the suspected sale and possession of an unregistered pharmaceutical product containing undeclared Part I poisons....
- 2014.10.23
Consumers urged not to consume two kinds of chilled food from Taiwan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 23) urged the public not to consume two kinds of chilled food products manufactured in and imported from Taiwan as they were made with substandard lard....
- 2014.10.20
Cooked Italian ham and mortadella contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 20) said that two kinds of cooked and chilled ham and mortadella manufactured in Italy were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a...
- 2014.10.17
Bodum Recalls Coffee Presses Sold Exclusively at Starbucks Due to Laceration and Burn Hazards
The glass carafe can fall out of the metal frame and plastic base of the coffee press and break or shatter. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed.Name of product:Bodum Rose Gold Chambord Locking Lid 8-Cup Coffee...
- 2014.10.09
Recall 2 batches of Torisel Inj 25mg/ml
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 9) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited (Pfizer), to voluntary recall two batches of Torisel Inj Kit 25mg/ml (registration number: HK-58079) from the market due to...
- 2014.10.09
Recall 2 batches of Torisel Inj 25mg/ml
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 9) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited (Pfizer), to voluntary recall two batches of Torisel Inj Kit 25mg/ml (registration number: HK-58079) from the market due to...