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- 2017.06.14
Excessive metallic contaminant found in potato sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 14) announced that a potato sample imported from Japan was detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant, at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2017.06.12
CFS urges public not to consume a batch of bottled watercress honey
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 12) urged the public not to consume a batch of bottled watercress honey manufactured in Macau as the product failed the testing of benzoic acid, a...
- 2017.06.12
Dried Chinese white cabbage sample detected to have trace amount of non-permitted colouring matter
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 12) that a loose-packed dried Chinese white cabbage sample was found to contain trace amount of sudan dyes, a colouring matter not permitted in...
- 2017.06.12
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Luxembourg and Tarn-et-Garonne Department of France
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 12) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in...
- 2017.06.08
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Indre Department of France
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 8) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H7 avian influenza in...
- 2017.06.07
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from South Norfolk in UK and Jeju Province in Korea
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 7) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in...
- 2017.06.06
CFS finds trace of nitrofuran metabolite in fresh shrimp sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 6) announced that a trace amount of metabolite of nitrofuran (AOZ), a non-permitted veterinary drug, was found in a fresh shrimp sample. Follow-up is in...
- 2017.06.06
DH investigates suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) is today (June 6) investigating a licensed wholesaler of proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), Wing Wui Medicine Group Company Limited, in Wah Fat Industrial Building, Kwai Chung, for suspected illegal sale and possession...