| Product name: | Crafted Guacamole Dips (170g) |
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| Brand: | Black Swan |
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| Place of origin: | Australia |
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| Distributor: | Indoguna Lordly Company Limited |
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| Net Weight: | 170 g |
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| Use by date: | 25082026 |
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| Non-compliant test parameter: | Two permitted preservatives Benzoic acid and Sorbic acid were not declared on ingredient list of food label |
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| Detected content: | Benzoic acid: 335 parts per million (ppm)
Sorbic acid: 156 parts per million (ppm) |
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| Maximum permitted level: | Benzoic acid: 1000 parts per million (ppm)
Sorbic acid: 1000 parts per million (ppm) |
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| Declared content: | Not Applicable |
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| Sampling location: | A retail shop in Mong Kok District |
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| Remarks: | - The Centre for Food Safety has urged the vendors concerned to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- According to Regulation 4A of the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations, Cap. 132W, if any person who sells any prepackaged food not marked and labelled in the manner prescribed in Schedule 3, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
- The Centre for Food Safety 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/20260917_12605.html
