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- 2019.11.01
Recall of six ranitidine-containing products (with photos)
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 1) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler Welldone Pharmaceuticals Limited (Welldone) to recall six ranitidine-containing products from the market as a precautionary measure due to the potential...
- 2019.10.31
Recall of three batches of Nutriflex Omega Special Emulsion for Infusion (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 31) endorsed a licensed medicine wholesaler, B. Braun Medical (HK) Ltd, to recall three batches of Nutriflex Omega Special Emulsion for Infusion (Hong Kong Registration Number: HK-60999) from the...
- 2019.10.30
Crab samples detected with excessive cadmium
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 30) announced that a prepackaged frozen brown crab sample and two live brown crab samples were detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant, exceeding...
- 2019.10.28
Prepackaged chilled chicken sample found to contain veterinary drug residue
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 28) that a prepackaged chilled chicken sample imported from the Mainland was found to contain a veterinary drug residue of doxycycline. The CFS...
- 2019.10.11
Recall of Epadoren Solution for Injection 50mg/2ml (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 11) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Hind Wing Co Ltd (Hind Wing), to recall a ranitidine-containing product, namely Epadoren Solution for Injection 50mg/2ml (Hong Kong registration number: HK-61752),...
- 2019.10.11
Recall of one batch of Human Albumin Octapharma 20% Infusion (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 11) endorsed a licensed medicine wholesaler Trenton-Boma Ltd (Trenton-Boma) to voluntarily recall one batch (batch number: L828A6682) of Human Albumin Octapharma 20% Infusion (Hong Kong Registration...
- 2019.10.08
Regulatory control of skin antiseptic products containing chlorhexidine to be enhanced
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 8) said that following the decision of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong to enhance the control of skin antiseptic products containing chlorhexidine, the relevant guidance notes have been...
- 2019.10.04
Further recall of antiseptic product (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 4) drew the public's attention to the further recall of another antiseptic product. Following the previous announcements on the recall of antiseptic products, the DH has collected products containing a...