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- 2014.08.07
Consumers urged not to consume pre-packed pistachio suspected to be contaminated with aflatoxins
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 7) urged the public not to consume a kind of pre-packed shelled pistachio imported from Italy as it was suspected to be contaminated with aflatoxins. The...
- 2014.08.06
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine exceeding bacterial limit
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 6) instructed the registration holder of the proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) [Bioslim] Herbal Tablets (registration number: HKP-07133), Womelis Company, to recall from consumers one of its batches (batch...
- 2014.08.02
Recall of 59 suspected unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 2) endorsed the Hong-Kai Pharmaceuticals Holdings Co Limited (Hong Kai) located at 117 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong to voluntarily recall from consumers 59 proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) that are...
- 2014.08.01
A kind of milk found imported from unapproved source of manufacture
A kind of milk, Safa Milk, imported from a source of manufacture not approved by the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, has been found in local market, a spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene...
- 2014.08.01
Batch recall of Viartril-S Solution for Injection(Biologici)
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 1) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, LF Asia (Hong Kong) Limited - Healthcare Division (LF Asia), to conduct a voluntary recall of one batch (batch number: E12001) of Viartril-S Solution for Injection...
- 2014.07.30
Man arrested for suspected illegal sale of slimming product with undeclared and banned drug substance
A 40-year-old man was arrested today (July 30) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for illegal sale of a slimming product named Dr. Mao Slimming Capsules, which is suspected to contain an undeclared and banned drug...
- 2014.07.15
Safety alert on Cellnovo insulin infusion set
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 15) warned the public not to use the Infusion set 5mm stainless steel (Part no.: 5mm-INF5) and Infusion set 8mm stainless steel (Part no.: 8mm-INF5), manufactured by Cellnovo, because of the possibility that...
- 2014.07.14
Public urged not to buy or consume two slimming products with undeclared and banned drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 14) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume two slimming products, namely Slim Perfect Arm and Slim Perfect Legs, as they contained an undeclared and banned drug substance. Acting on a public...