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- 2017.07.18
Call for public to stop consuming porcini mushrooms suspected to contain mixture of species including inedible or poisonous mushrooms
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 18) called on the public to stop consuming a batch of prepackaged porcini mushrooms as the product is suspected to contain a mixture of species including...
- 2017.07.17
DH raids retail shops for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products (with photos)
The Department of Health (DH) and the Police today (July 17) conducted a joint operation and raided three retail shops in Mong Kok for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products. Acting upon a public complaint, the...
- 2017.07.15
CFS urges public not to consume prepackaged haggis and black pudding products with potential microbiological risk
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 15) urged the public not to consume four kinds of haggis and black pudding products imported from the United Kingdom with different use by dates as a...
- 2017.07.14
CFS announces results of targeted surveillance on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 14) announced the results of a recently completed targeted food surveillance project on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat food. All samples passed the...
- 2017.07.13
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Govan Mbeki Local Municipality, South Africa
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 13) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza...
- 2017.07.13
Milk drink sample detected with excessive total bacterial count
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 13) announced that a Hi-calcium low fat milk drink sample was detected to have a total bacterial count exceeding the legal limit. As a precautionary...
- 2017.07.13
Turmeric rice sample from Vietnam detected with non-permitted preservative sorbic acid and in breach of food labelling regulations
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 13) announced that a sample of prepackaged turmeric rice imported from Vietnam was found to contain sorbic acid, a preservative not permitted to add in...
- 2017.07.10
DH raids retail shop for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 10) raided a retail shop in Wan Chai for the suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products labelled to contain Part 1 poison. Acting upon a public complaint, it was found...