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- 2011.04.19
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessivelead
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 19) urged members of the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine named Prolonged Man Power Essence (Registration no.: HKP-09787) as its lead level was found to exceed the permitted limit. The...
- 2011.04.18
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine found to contain excessivearsenic
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 18) urged members of the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine named [Lee Sze] Texiao Houtong Wan (Registration no.: HKP-06082) as its arsenic level was found to exceed the permitted limit....
- 2011.04.15
Recall of microbial contaminated protective wipes and adhesiveremovers
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 15) endorsed a local medical device supplier, Smith & Nephew (S&N) Ltd's proposal to recall eight types of its devices imported from the States (see Annex) because of a potential for pathogenic...
- 2011.04.15
Recall of mislabelled prescription drug
The Department of Health (DH) yesterday (April 14) instructed a licensed drug wholesaler, Actavis (China) Holding Limited (Actavis), to recall a batch of its pharmaceutical product called "Amitriptyline Tablets 10mg (Actavis)" (Registration No....
- 2011.04.06
Alert on use of Quinine Sulphate Products for nocturnal leg cramps
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 6) advised healthcare professionals and the public not to use pharmaceutical products containing quinine sulphate for the treatment of nocturnal leg cramps because of possible serious and sometimes fatal...
- 2011.04.06
Recall of a proprietary Chinese medicine with excessive pesticideresidues
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 6) urged members of the public not to consume a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) named "[Fu Xing Brand] Specific Qingyin Wan (American Ginseng)" (Registration number: HKP-14761) as it has been found to...
- 2011.03.23
Recall of Cebemyxine eye drops
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 23) endorsed the voluntary recall action adopted by a licensed drug wholesaler, Bausch & Lomb (Hong Kong) Ltd (B&L), which involves all batches of its Cebemyxine Eye Drops (Registration No.: HK-46420) due to...
- 2011.03.18
Public warned against buying claimed "iodide tablets"
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 18) alerted members of the public not to buy and definitely not to consume oral products claimed to be iodide tablets on the market. A spokesman for DH explained that yesterday (March 17), the Department's...