Items per page
- 2020.05.22
Food Alert
Not to consume a kind of bottled fruit juice drink contaminated with patulin Issue Date 22.5.2020 Source of Information Centre for Food Safety (CFS) Food Product Bottled fruit juice drink Product Name and Description Product name: DR. DETOX -...
- 2020.05.21
CFS follows up on suspected food poisoning cases involving sandwiches
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), said today (May 21) that while following up on suspected food poisoning cases involving sandwiches earlier, it was found that the sandwiches concerned were...
- 2020.05.18
DH urges public not to buy or use topical products with undeclared controlled ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 18) appealed to the public not to buy or use two topical products named Zangyao Xuanduwang and Qi Du Zang Wang Gao as they were found to contain undeclared controlled drug ingredients. Acting upon a public...
- 2020.05.13
Recall of one batch of Tepadina Powder for Infusion 100mg (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 13) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Hind Wing Co Ltd (Hind Wing), to recall one batch (batch number: 1709191/2) of Tepadina Powder for Infusion 100mg (Hong Kong Registration Number: HK-63411) from the...
- 2020.05.12
Import of poultry meat and products from areas of Vietnam suspended
Reposted from Food and Environmental Hygiene Department webpage:The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 12) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health...
- 2020.05.12
Prepackaged fruit juice sample in breach of food labelling regulation
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 12) that a sample of prepackaged fruit juice was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is allowed to be used in fruit juice, but...
- 2020.05.07
Coliform bacteria exceeds legal limit in Frozen Confections sample
Product name: Creamy Milk Choco Cookies Sundae Place of origin: Hong Kong Non-compliant test parameters: Contains more than 100 coliform bacteria per gram Detected content: Contains 630 coliform bacteria per gram Sampling location: A restaurant in...
- 2020.05.06
CFS finds traces of malachite green in grass carp sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (May 6) announced that a trace amount of malachite green was found in a grass carp sample. Follow-up is in progress. A CFS spokesman said, "The CFS collected the...