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- 2017.10.17
Import of poultry meat and products from Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands to be suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 17) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza...
- 2017.10.17
Milk samples from New Zealand detected with total bacterial counts exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 17) that five samples of bottled pasteurised milk of the same batch imported from New Zealand were detected with total bacterial counts...
- 2017.10.17
Undeclared allergens (milk and soya) found in energy drink
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 17) announced that a kind of energy drink manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) was suspected to contain food allergens, milk and soya, but they were...
- 2017.10.16
DH urges public not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared controlled ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 16) urged the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named MEIXING as it was found to contain an undeclared controlled ingredient. Acting upon a public enquiry, the DH collected a sample of the...
- 2017.10.16
Import and sale of hairy crabs from an aquaculture farm in Taoyuan, Taiwan to be suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 16) that a Taiwan hairy crab sample was found to contain dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at a level exceeding the...
- 2017.10.16
Prepackaged granulated sugar sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 16) announced that the energy content of a prepackaged granulated sugar sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition...
- 2017.10.13
CFS announces risk assessment study results on microbiological quality of salads
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 13) the results of a recently completed risk assessment study on the microbiological quality of salads. The study results showed that the vast...
- 2017.10.13
Import of poultry meat and products from three provinces in Italy to be suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 13) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...