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- 2017.03.24
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Miyagi Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture in Japan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 24) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of H5 avian influenza in Miyagi Prefecture...
- 2017.03.23
CFS announces latest test results of meat and poultry from Brazil
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (March 23) that the Centre has continued its enhanced surveillance on meat and poultry from Brazil. Since March 21, a total of 27 samples were taken at the...
- 2017.03.23
DH urges public not to buy or consume product with undeclared controlled ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 23) urged the public not to buy or consume a product called TONIK TUAN HAJI 1921 as it was found to contain an undeclared Part 1 poison. Acting upon intelligence, a sample of the above product was...
- 2017.03.23
Excessive pesticide residue found in choi sum sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 23) announced that a choi sum sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case.A CFS...
- 2017.03.23
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Cullman County, State of Alabama in US
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 23) that in view of a notification from the United States (US) authorities about an outbreak of low-pathogenic H7 avian influenza in Cullman...
- 2017.03.22
CFS' response to media enquiries about import ban of meat and poultry meat from Brazil
In response to media enquiries about the latest development of the import ban of meat and poultry meat from Brazil, a spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (March 22) that the...
- 2017.03.22
Chilled snapper sample from New Zealand detected with mercury exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 22) that a sample of chilled snapper imported from New Zealand was found to contain a metal contaminant, mercury, at a level exceeding the legal...
- 2017.03.22
DH endorses recall of Cinotec Cream 0.005% and 0.0125%
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 22) endorsed a licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer, Medipharma Ltd, to recall all batches of Cinotec Cream 0.005% (registration no. HK-40871) and 0.0125% (HK-40873) from the market due to a quality issue....