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- 2017.11.16
Excessive cadmium found in prepackaged rice vermicelli sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 16) announced that a prepackaged rice vermicelli sample was detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant, exceeding the legal limit. Members of the...
- 2017.11.14
CFS announces test results of seasonal food surveillance project on lap-mei
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (November 14) announced the test results of a recently completed seasonal food surveillance project on lap-mei. Around 140 samples were collected and all...
- 2017.11.14
Dried bamboo fungus sample detected with preservative exceeding legal limit and in breach of food labelling regulation
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 14) that a sample of prepackaged dried bamboo fungus was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal...
- 2017.11.13
Import of poultry meat and products from Province of Roma and Province of Asti in Italy suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 13) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.11.10
CFS urges public not to consume shark's tail skin found to contain excessive mercury
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 10) urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged shark's tail skin as the product was found to contain a metal contaminant, mercury, at a...
- 2017.11.10
Prepackaged shrimp cracker sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 10) announced that the sugar content of a prepackaged shrimp cracker sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition...
- 2017.11.08
CFS announces test results of seasonal food surveillance project on hairy crabs
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 8) announced the test results of the seasonal food surveillance project on hairy crabs. The results of 178 samples tested were satisfactory, except...
- 2017.11.07
CFS urges the public not to consume three kinds of Irish cheese suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 7) urged the public not to consume certain batches of three kinds of cheese imported from the Ireland due to possible contamination with Listeria...