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- 2011.06.17
Recall of two Vitamins
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 17) instructed licensed drug wholesaler Winsor & Co. (Winsor) to recall two vitamins, namely Vitamin B-6 Tab 50mg (Registration No.: HK-49333) and Natural E-200 Cap (vitamin E) (Registration No.: HK-26966)...
- 2011.06.14
Call to stop supply of an "iceflake" and consumption of anasparagus juice imported from Taiwan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 14) that a sample of "iceflake" collected from a local frozen confection factory was found to contain a plasticiser, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate...
- 2011.06.13
HK to prohibit import of a sports drink from Taiwan and stop sale of certain kinds of cookies and instant noodle
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (June 13) that it would prohibit from noon tomorrow (June 14) the import and supply of the following drink: Brand Name & Food Name: DrinkaZine...
- 2011.06.10
Call to stop sale of two Taiwan-style drinks and consuming sixkinds of Taiwanese food suspected to be plasticiser-tainted
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (June 10) that two samples of Taiwan-style drinks taken at two local drinks shops were found to contain a plasticiser di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate...
- 2011.06.10
Recall of GlaxoSmithKline's Augmentin powder for syrup 457mg/5ml
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 10) ordered GlaxoSmithKline Limited (GSK) to recall from its consumers another UK-made antibiotic for paediatric patients, Augmentin powder for syrup 457mg/5ml (HK-42735), due to the detection of two...
- 2011.06.07
Safety alert over certain Cameron pulse generators
The Department of Health (DH) has drawn public attention to a field safety advisory relayed by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency concerning possible premature battery depletion in a number of SQ-RX pulse generators by Cameron...
- 2011.06.03
Public urged not to consume Taiwanese drink powder suspected to be contaminated
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (June 3) urged the public not to consume for the time being the following two kinds of drink powder produced in Taiwan with nutrition claims, which might have been contaminated with di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, a...
- 2011.06.03
Recall of Potassium Chloride Injection
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 3) instructed the Baxter Healthcare Ltd., a licensed drug wholesaler, to recall three batches of Potassium Chloride Injection 20mEq/100ml (Registration No. HK-56421, Batch Nos: P259705, P259705A, P263673) as...