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- 2017.04.27
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Nyköping Municipality, Sweden
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 27) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.04.27
Import and sale of a kind of prepackaged smoked salmon which might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 27) announced that the CFS has banned the import and sale within Hong Kong of a kind of prepackaged smoked salmon which might be contaminated with Listeria...
- 2017.04.26
CFS urges public not to consume batch of prepackaged smoked salmon contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 26) urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged smoked salmon which was found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The trade should...
- 2017.04.26
DH investigates suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 26) raided a premises in Kwai Fong in a joint operation with the Police for the suspected illegal sale and possession of an unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) named "STOMACH KING CONCENTRATING...
- 2017.04.25
Public urged not to buy or consume virility product with undeclared ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (April 25) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a product (no English name, see photo) that was found to contain undeclared aconite alkaloids and sildenafil. The DH commenced investigation upon...
- 2017.04.18
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Thua Thien-Hue Province in Vietnam
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 18) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 avian...
- 2017.04.13
Excessive pesticide residue found in small Chinese white cabbage sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 13) announced that a small Chinese white cabbage sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following...
- 2017.04.13
Unlicensed food factory selling cakes online fined $3,000
A 23-year-old man was fined $3,000 by the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (April 13) for operating an unlicensed food factory. A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said that the department earlier...