| Product name: | LU Sweet Dry Biscuit - Palmito |
| Brand: | LU |
| Place of origin: | France |
| Distributor: | Integrated Market Services Asia Limited |
| Net volume: | 100 g |
| Best Before Date: | 30 April, 2019 |
| Non-compliant test parameters: | Sodium |
| Detected content: | 570 mg / 100g |
| Declared content: | 378 mg / 100g |
| Sampling location: | A department store in Quarry Bay |
| Remarks: | - The CFS has urged the trade to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- The CFS is tracing the distribution of the affected product.
- According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
- The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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Reposted from HKSAR Government webpage:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/unsat_samples/20190115_7298.html
