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- 2012.05.04
Public warned about unsafe cosmetic cream
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 4) appealed to members of the public not to buy or use a cosmetic cream called DOKTER PEMUTIH SPECIAL as it may contain excessive mercury that is dangerous to health. The appeal followed the DH's receipt of...
- 2012.05.03
Total recall of Noderin Tablets 200mg
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 3) instructed a licensed drug wholesaler, Synmosa Biopharma (Hong Kong) Co Ltd (Synmosa), to conduct a total recall of Noderin Tablets 200mg (Noderin) (registration no. HK-56889) from consumers due to quality...
- 2012.04.30
Recall of unregistered pharmaceutical product Lorista tablets 50mg
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 30) instructed Unipharm Trading Co. (Unipharm), a licensed wholesaler, to recall from market all batches of Lorista tablets 50mg (HK-59349) as the product may bear unapproved package insert and render it...
- 2012.04.28
Total recall of processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 28) instructs a licensed Chinese herbal medicines wholesaler and retailer (CW & CR), Hip Wo Medicine Company Limited, to recall from consumers all batches of its processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis as it has...
- 2012.04.27
Alert of unregistered Western-drug-tainted proprietary Chinesemedicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 27) urges the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) named "Jin Gu Feng Shi Kang Jiao Nang" manufactured in Shandong because it is unregistered and also adulterated with Western drugs....
- 2012.04.26
Product Recalls and Safety Alerts IKEA Recalls IKEA 365+ SANDAtrack (70 or 114cm)
IKEA asks consumers who have an IKEA 365+ SANDA track (70 or 114cm) from supplier 21338, date stamp 1134 - 1208, to stop using the track immediately and bring it back to any IKEA store to receive a replacement unit or a full refund. The recall is...
- 2012.04.24
CFS finds plasticisers in balsamic vinaigrette and sports drinkpowder
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 24) that one sample of balsamic vinaigrette imported from the USA and another sample of sports drink powder imported from Japan were found to...
- 2012.04.24
Safety alert over Cameron Health SQ-RX Pulse Generators
The Department of Health (DH) has drawn public attention to a field safety advisory message relayed by the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency concerning the Cameron Health SQ-RX Pulse Generator (Model Number 1010),...