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- 2007.12.18
Customs offers safety tips on Christmas toys to parents
The Customs and Excise Department today (December 18) warned parents about potential hazards of a festive toy - a battery-operated flash light stick. After conducting 96 spot checks on the safety of Christmas toys, Customs officers purchased a...
- 2007.12.05
Customs warns public of unsafe toy paints
The Customs and Excise Department today (December 5) appealed to parents to watch out for the recall arrangements for two items of toy face and body paint. The toys have been examined and found to have a high risk of poisoning children. Samples of...
- 2007.12.05
Voluntary recall of "Dunlop Scootline SX01" Motor Scooter Tyres
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (SRI) is conducting a voluntary recall of the Scootline SX01 motor scooter tyres sold under the Dunlop brand due to the potential weakening of the adhesion of the components and chunking of the tyre treads. Details of...
- 2007.11.30
Warning on chocolates containing metal fragments
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (November 30) advised people not to eat certain batches of "Godiva" chocolates as they might contain metal fragments. The affected products are Christmas Milk Caramel Carre chocolate squares sold in a 16-piece...
- 2007.11.25
Food alert on contaminated frozen mussel meat
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (November 25) appealed to retailers to stop selling a certain batch of frozen mussel meat from Sanford Limited of New Zealand suspected of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The alert was made after...
- 2007.11.07
Product Recalls and Safety Alerts Voluntary Recall of "Bindeez Toys"
It was reported that the New South Wales Government had temporarily banned the sale of the Bindeez Toys due to a compound found which allegedly closely resembles the illegal hallucinogenic drug known as GHB (gammahydroxybutyric acid /...
- 2007.10.22
Public reminded to watch out for unsafe beauty cream
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 22) called on members of the public to stop using a beauty product called Huama ABC following a laboratory report showing a raised mercury level in the products affecting a 41-year-old woman. The patient...
- 2007.10.18
Product Safety Advisory for Toshiba SD-P1610 Portable DVD Players
Toshiba Hong Kong Limited issued a product safety advisory for the Toshiba SD-P1610 Portable DVD Players. Toshiba have identified an issue related to the AC Adaptor included with portable DVD player model SD-P1610. It has been found that a poor...