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- 2017.08.03
CFS urges public not to consume batch of frozen buffalo meat from India suspected to contain veterinary drug chloramphenicol
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 3) noted that a notification was received from the Macau authorities that a batch of Indian frozen buffalo meat imported from Hong Kong was found to...
- 2017.08.03
CHP urges public not to use unsafe cosmetic cream (with photos)
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (August 3) appealed to members of the public not to buy or use two cosmetic cream products, namely a-DHA BEAUTY CARE Day Cream and a-DHA BEAUTY CARE Night Cream, as they may...
- 2017.08.03
Import of poultry and poultry products from Horqin District, Tongliao City in Inner Mongolia suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 3) that in view of a notification from the Ministry of Agriculture about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 sub-type avian influenza in...
- 2017.08.03
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming products from unknown sources or of doubtful composition (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 3) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume two slimming products, one named SIN DEN SLIMMING and the other without an English name (see photo), as they were found to contain undeclared and...
- 2017.08.02
DH raids retail stall for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical product (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) and the Police today (August 2) conducted a joint operation and raided a retail stall in Tsing Yi for the suspected illegal sale and possession of an unregistered pharmaceutical product named MIAO JIA DU XUAN GAO, which...
- 2017.07.28
Two tinned infant formula samples not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 28) announced that the manganese and iodine contents of two tinned infant formula samples were found to be inconsistent with the declared values on their...
- 2017.07.27
DH investigates two lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (with photos)
The Department of Health (DH) is today (July 27) investigating two cases of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms), samples of which collected by the DH's market surveillance were found to contain excessive lead. The first pCm,...
- 2017.07.21
Results of targeted surveillance on Salmonella in ready-to-eat food all satisfactory
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 21) announced the results of a recently completed targeted food surveillance project on Salmonella in ready-to-eat food, which showed that all samples...