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- 2019.04.26
CFS finds trace amount of antibiotic in honey sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 26) announced that a sample of bottled honey was detected to contain a trace amount of metronidazole, an antibiotic. The CFS is following up on the case....
- 2019.04.17
CFS follows up on incident of French cheese suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 17) said that while following up on the incident of cheese imported from France suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the CFS,...
- 2019.04.17
Popsicle sample detected with coliform bacteria exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 17) announced that a chocolate flavour popsicle sample was found to contain coliform bacteria exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in...
- 2019.04.16
DH urges public not to buy or consume virility product with undeclared controlled ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 16) urged the public not to buy or consume a virility product called Blue M as it was found to contain undeclared controlled ingredients. Acting on a public complaint, samples of the above product, with...
- 2019.04.10
EMSD urges public to stop using five models of extension units with overheating safety risks (with photos)
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) today (April 10) urged the public to stop using the following five models of extension units: Brand: Remax - Model: RU-S4 (Please refer to Photo 1); Brand: LDNIO - Model: SC3301 (Please...
- 2019.04.04
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming products with undeclared controlled ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 4) appealed to the public not to buy or consume two slimming products named Leg Step and Bello Smaze as they were found to contain an undeclared and controlled drug ingredient that might be dangerous to...
- 2019.04.03
Batch recall of Syntometrine Injection (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 3) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Healthcare Division O/B DCH Auriga (Hong Kong) Limited (Auriga), to recall one batch (batch number: 60748) of Syntometrine Injection (Hong Kong Registration number:...
- 2019.03.29
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product from unknown sources or of doubtful composition (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 29) urged the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named SIN DEN BEAUTY SIM as it was found to contain undeclared and banned drug ingredients that might be hazardous to health. The DH received...