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- 2017.08.21
Import of poultry and poultry products from Luodian County, Qiannan State in Guizhou Province suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 21) that in view of a notification from the Ministry of Agriculture about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 sub-type avian influenza in...
- 2017.08.21
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming products with undeclared banned ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 21) appealed to the public not to buy or consume five slimming products as they were found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to health. The products are: 1. Super...
- 2017.08.17
Bottled preserved bean curd suspected to contain excessive Bacillus cereus
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 17) said that a notification was received from the Macau authorities concerned that a batch of bottled preserved bean curd manufactured on the Mainland...
- 2017.08.17
DH urges public not to buy or consume product with doubtful composition (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 17) urged the public not to buy or consume a product named "H.I. COFFEE" as it was found to contain an undeclared controlled ingredient. During its market surveillance, the DH purchased a...
- 2017.08.15
Silver pin noodle sample detected with preservative ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 15) that a loose-packed silver pin noodle sample was found to contain ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate, a preservative not permitted in pre-cooked...
- 2017.08.14
CFS enhances measure by holding poultry eggs from EU countries for testing at import level
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (August 14) said that the CFS, for the sake of prudence, has enhanced measure by holding poultry eggs from European Union (EU) countries at import level...
- 2017.08.11
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Province of Pavia in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 11) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.08.09
Ice-cream mooncake sample detected with coliform bacteria exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 9) announced that a lychee coconut flavour ice-cream mooncake was found to contain coliform bacteria exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress....