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- 2018.07.12
Pesticide residues exceed legal limits in mango sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 12) announced that a mango sample was found to contain pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limits. The CFS is following up on the case. A CFS...
- 2018.07.12
Sample of rice vermicelli with roast duck detected with excessive Bacillus cereus
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 12) announced that a sample of rice vermicelli with roast duck was found to contain an excessive amount of Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The CFS is following...
- 2018.07.10
Updates on CFS' follow-up on incident of prepackaged frozen vegetable products suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (July 10) that the Centre has been following up on the incident of prepackaged frozen vegetable products produced by Greenyard Frozen suspected to be...
- 2018.07.07
CFS urges public not to consume prepackaged frozen vegetable products suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 7) urged the public, for the sake of prudence, not to consume several kinds of prepackaged frozen vegetable products produced by the Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd...
- 2018.07.06
Recall of five valsartan-containing pharmaceutical products (with photos)
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 6) instructed two licensed medicine wholesalers, namely Actavis Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Medical Supplies Ltd (HK Medical), to recall five products containing valsartan from the market as a...
- 2018.07.05
Consumers urged not to consume prepackaged ginger powder contaminated with aflatoxins
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 5) urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged ginger powder manufactured in India as it was found contaminated with aflatoxins. The trade should...
- 2018.07.05
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in prepackaged cucumber sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 5) announced that a prepackaged cucumber sample was found to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the...
- 2018.06.29
Excessive cadmium found in two prepackaged dried mushroom samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 29) announced that two prepackaged dried mushroom samples were detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant, exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...