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- 2021.03.03
Not to consume prepackaged rice cookies from Taiwan suspected to use non-food grade nitrogen for packaging
Issue Date 3.3.2021 Source of Information Notice issued by relevant manufacturer and from media reports Food Product Prepackaged rice cookies Product Name and Description Product names: Levic Babies Rice Cookie (Carrot) Levic Babies Rice Cookie...
- 2021.02.25
Public urged not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products with controlled ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 25) appealed to the public not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products that may contain controlled medicine ingredients and might be dangerous to health. Acting upon intelligence, it was found...
- 2021.02.09
Not to consume breadstick from Italy with possible presence of ethylene oxide
Issue Date 9.2.2021 Source of Information Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission Food Product A kind of breadstick imported from Italy Product Name and Description Product name: L'altro Pane Sfilatini Sesamo Brand: Casa...
- 2021.02.05
Prepackaged Frozen Confection not in compliance with Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations
Product name: Cornetto Royale Chocoluv Brand: “Walls” Place of origin: Thailand Manufacturer : Unilever Thai Holdings Limited Net weight: 135mL per piece Best-before date: 15.7.2021 Non-compliant test parameters : One permitted colouring...
- 2021.02.03
DH endorses batch recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 3) endorsed Bak Cao Tong (HK) Chinese Herbs Manufacturers and Trading Limited (Bak Cao Tong), the registration holder of a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) called [Yuan Heng Tong] Pai Feng Pill...
- 2021.01.29
Not to consume sesame oil from Italy with possible presence of ethylene oxide
Issue Date 29.1.2021 Source of Information Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission Food Product A kind of sesame oil imported from Italy Product Name and Description Product name: Organic sesame seed oil Brand: Crudigno Place...
- 2021.01.28
DH urges public not to buy or consume product with undeclared controlled ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 28) appealed to the public not to buy or consume a product named Herbulgari as it was found to contain undeclared controlled drug ingredients.Acting upon intelligence, samples of the above product were...
- 2021.01.28
Hong Kong Customs seizes coloured and patterned surgical masks with suspected excessive bacterial counts from chain cosmetics group (with photos)
Hong Kong Customs yesterday (January 27) seized 302 bags of coloured and patterned surgical masks (1 510 pieces in total), with bacterial counts found to be suspected of exceeding the maximum permitted limit, from venues under a chain cosmetics group...