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- 2018.01.25
Sample of bottled cashew nuts not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 25) announced that the sodium content of a sample of bottled cashew nuts was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label....
- 2018.01.25
Update on investigations into undeclared Western drug ingredient detected in powder prescribed by registered Chinese medicine practitioner (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 25) urged clients who consulted a registered Chinese medicine practitioner (CMP), Shek Shiu-wing, practising at "Wing Hing Medicine Co." located at Shop M6, Shek Ping House, Long Ping Estate, Yuen Long,...
- 2018.01.24
Import of poultry meat and products from Afghanistan suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 24) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza...
- 2018.01.24
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in orange sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 24) announced that an orange sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case....
- 2018.01.23
H5 virus detected in chilled chicken sample taken from fresh provision shop in Mong Kok
A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said today (January 23) that the department earlier took oropharyngeal swabs from a batch of chilled chicken (production date January 15, 2018) at a fresh provision shop in Mong...
- 2018.01.23
Sample of boxed salted eggs not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 23) announced that the sodium content of a sample of boxed salted eggs was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label....
- 2018.01.19
Centre for Food Safety announces test results on Lunar New Year food (first phase)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 19) announced the test results of a recently completed seasonal food surveillance project on Lunar New Year (LNY) food (first phase). The test results of...
- 2018.01.19
CFS orders recall of Taiwanese prepackaged candy suspected to contain expired ingredients
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 19) urged the public not to consume a kind of prepackaged candy imported from Taiwan upon learning that the Taiwanese authorities have found...