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- 2012.08.30
Woman arrested for illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceuticalproducts with banned drug ingredients on the Internet
A 26-year-old woman was today (August 30) arrested in a joint operation by the Police and the Department of Health (DH) in Mong Kok for the suspected illegal sale of one pack of "Diet Garcinia Forte", which is a slimming product with undeclared and...
- 2012.08.24
Customs seizes fake human serum albumin for intravenous injection
Earlier on, the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department seized from a dispensary in Sham Shui Po 10 bottles of fake human serum albumin for intravenous injection, worth $5,000, suspected of bearing a false claim of an active ingredient, "albumine...
- 2012.08.24
Recall of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicines supplied byShun Hing Hoo Medicine Powder
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 24) instructed a licensed proprietary Chinese medicines (pCm) manufacturer, Shun Hing Hoo Medicine Powder (Shun Hing), to recall the unregistered pCm (see Annex) that supplied to its clients in an...
- 2012.08.23
Recall of H＆M Water bottle for children
Water Bottle for children Identification number: 74292 6 4212 50/82 Price: $39.90 HKD Colour: Pink(50), Blue(82) H&M has decided to recall these water bottles. The pull-up drinking spout of the bottle can break into small parts, which may lead to a...
- 2012.08.23
Warning on proprietary Chinese medicine containing undeclared Western drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 23) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume an unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) called "Quan Xie Jin Gu Tong", as it may contain undeclared Western drug ingredients that are...
- 2012.08.17
Warning on slimming product with undeclared and banned drugingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 17) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product bearing the name "Sheng Yuan Fang" printed in Chinese on its green capsules, as it may contain undeclared and banned drug...
- 2012.08.16
Results of latest round of tests on iodine content of infantformulae released
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 16) announced the results of tests on the iodine content of 19 infant formulae. Test results showed that the iodine content of two Korean infant formulae...
- 2012.08.14
Total recall of unregistered Vimpat Tablets 50mg and 100mg
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 14) instructed Orient Europharma Company Limited, a licensed wholesaler, to conduct a total recall of Vimpat Tablets 50mg and 100mg from the market as Orient Europharma had imported and distributed the...