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- 2017.10.03
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Province of Vicenza in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 3) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza...
- 2017.09.29
Excessive cadmium found in crab samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 29) announced that a brown crab sample imported from the United Kingdom and a mud crab sample were detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant...
- 2017.09.29
Prepackaged cornmeal sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 29) announced that the energy, total fat and sugar contents of a prepackaged cornmeal sample were found to be inconsistent with the declared contents...
- 2017.09.28
CFS narrows scope of hold and test arrangements for poultry eggs at import level
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 28) said that in view of the fact that the European Union (EU) Ministerial Conference on the follow-up of the fipronil incident was held earlier and a...
- 2017.09.28
Man arrested for suspected illegal sale of nicotine-containing liquids for electronic cigarettes (with photo)
A 25-year-old man was arrested yesterday (September 27) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police in Mong Kok for illegal sale of nicotine-containing liquids which are intended for use with electronic nicotine delivery...
- 2017.09.27
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Maine-et-Loire Department of France
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 27) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5N3 avian...
- 2017.09.25
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 (September 25) announced that the sugar content of a prepackaged shrimp cracker sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition...
- 2017.09.23
Import and sale of raw oysters and shellfish harvested in Blackman Bay Lease 44 in Tasmania, Australia suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 23) that import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters and shellfish harvested in Blackman Bay Lease 44 in Tasmania, Australia has...