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- 2020.06.24
Import of poultry meat and products from Veneto and Lombardy regions in Italy suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 24) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of low pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza in...
- 2020.06.19
CFS urges public not to consume two kinds of prepackaged cheese spread that may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 19) urged the public not to consume two kinds of prepackaged cheese spread imported from the United Kingdom (UK) due to possible contamination with...
- 2020.06.16
CFS announces test results of imported salmon samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 16) said that in view of recent media reports that the novel coronavirus was detected on chopping boards used for cutting salmon during a COVID-19...
- 2020.06.16
Prepackaged lobster meat with crab paste sample in breach of food labelling regulation
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 16) that a sample of prepackaged lobster meat with crab paste was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is allowed to be used in...
- 2020.06.15
CFS takes samples of imported salmon for testing
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 15) said that in view of recent media reports that the novel coronavirus was detected on chopping boards used for cutting salmon during a COVID-19...
- 2020.06.12
Hong Kong Customs urges public to stop using one type of surgical mask suspected of exceeding bacterial limit (with photo)
Hong Kong Customs today (June 12) appealed to members of the public to stop using one type of surgical mask as test results revealed that the bacterial count of the mask exceeded the maximum permitted limit, in contravention of the Consumer Goods...
- 2020.06.08
CFS announces results of seasonal food surveillance on rice dumplings (second phase)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 8) announced that the test results of 36 rice dumpling samples collected under a recently completed seasonal food surveillance project on rice dumplings...
- 2020.06.08
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 8) appealed to the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named Leisure Slimming Capsule as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to one's...