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- 2018.08.09
Excessive preservative found in dried apricot and preserved leaf mustard samples and in breach of food labelling regulation
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 9) that a loose-pack dried apricot sample and a prepackaged preserved leaf mustard sample were found to contain a preservative, sulphur dioxide,...
- 2018.08.06
Soft ice-cream sample detected with coliform bacteria exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 6) announced that a soft ice-cream sample was found to contain coliform bacteria exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress."Following up on a...
- 2018.07.27
Prepackaged walnut drink may contain allergen (milk)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 27) announced that a kind of prepackaged walnut drink produced in Italy was suspected to contain an allergen, milk, but it was not declared on the product's...
- 2018.07.20
Sample of mushroom imported from Japan in breach of food labelling regulations
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 20) said that a kind of prepackaged mushroom imported from Japan has been found to contain a preservative, sulphur dioxide, that was not declared on the...
- 2018.07.17
Sample of ham and egg bun detected with excessive Bacillus cereus
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 17) announced that a sample of ham and egg bun was found to contain an excessive amount of Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The CFS is following up on the case....
- 2018.07.16
CFS announces results of targeted surveillance on Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens in ready-to-eat food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 16) announced the results of a recently completed targeted food surveillance project on Bacillus cereus and Clostridium perfringens in ready-to-eat food,...
- 2018.07.16
Sorbet sample detected with total bacterial count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 16) that a chocolate flavour sorbet sample was found to contain a total bacterial count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress. A...
- 2018.07.12
CFS follows up on illegal import of tinned milk powder from Japan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 12) that a consignment of 16 tins of milk powder from Tochigi Prefecture, Japan was illegally imported into Hong Kong, breaching the relevant...