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- 2017.01.10
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Quilpue in Chile and Romania
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 10) that in view of a notification from the Chilean authorities about an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza H7 in Quilpue, Chile, it...
- 2017.01.10
Import and sale of raw oysters harvested in Etang de Thau, France prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 10) that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters harvested in Etang de Thau, France, has been prohibited with immediate...
- 2017.01.10
Prepackaged candy sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 10) announced that the sodium content of a prepackaged candy sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label. The...
- 2017.01.10
Urine samples from local farm pigs found to contain veterinary drug residue
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 10) announced that some urine samples taken from a batch of locally produced pigs for testing were suspected to contain veterinary drug residue of...
- 2017.01.06
CFS announces risk assessment study results on pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 6) the results of a recently completed risk assessment study on pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in food, which was conducted to estimate the...
- 2017.01.06
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Kędzierzyn-Koźle District of Poland
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 6) that in view of a notification from the Polish authorities about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in the country, it has...
- 2017.01.06
Public urged not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products with controlled ingredients (with photo)
Reprinted from HKSAR Government: The Department of Health (DH) today (January 6) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products that may contain controlled medicine ingredients. Upon a public complaint, a local...
- 2017.01.05
Prepackaged candy sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 5) announced that the sodium content of a prepackaged candy sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label. The...