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- 2026.09.02
Chicken egg sample imported from Vietnam found with pesticide fipronil exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (September 2) that the CFS is following up on a sample of chicken eggs imported from Vietnam that was found to contain pesticide fipronil at a level...
- 2026.09.02
Two persons arrested on suspicion of illegally supplying unregistered pharmaceutical products (with photos)
Concerning certain premises offering customers a vaccine called "Wilms' tumour 1" (WT1) and alleging that it could prevent multiple types of cancer, the Department of Health (DH) today (September 2) conducted another series of raids with the Police...
- 2026.09.01
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Chicken Egg sample
Product name: Chicken egg Name of pesticide: Fipronil Detected level: 0.044 mg/kg Maximum residue limit 0.02 mg/kg Sampling location: A warehouse at To Kwa Wan Remarks: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has instructed the vendor to stop selling the...
- 2026.08.31
DH follows up seriously on false claims made by medical centres that a vaccine to prevent multiple cancers is available in Hong Kong and urges members of the public not to use unregistered pharmaceutical products
In response to media reports today (August 31) that some medical centres were offering customers a vaccine called "Wilms' tumor 1" (WT1) which is claimed to prevent multiple types of cancer, the Department of Health (DH) is following up the matter...
- 2026.08.29
CFS finds trace amount of formaldehyde in prepackaged rice vermicelli sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 29) announced that a prepackaged rice vermicelli sample imported from Taiwan was found to contain trace amount of formaldehyde. The CFS is following up on...
- 2026.08.28
Batch Recall of Tykerb Tablets 250mg
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 28) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, namely Zuellig Pharma Limited (Zuellig), the distributor appointed by the holder of certificate of drug registration, Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Limited...
- 2026.08.26
Government continues to follow up on incident regarding powdered infant formula found with lead possibly exceeding limit, with no cases of lead poisoning in infants or young children due to consumption of powdered infant formula identified so far
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 26) said that since receiving a notification in late July from the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department that the product Frisolac Prestige Stage 1 Infant Formula...
- 2026.08.26
Prepackaged milk samples detected with colony count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 26) that samples of a batch of prepackaged milk were found with a colony count exceeding the legal limit. The affected product has been marked...