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- 2016.11.04
Three soft ice-cream samples detected with total bacterial counts and coliform counts exceeding legal limits
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 4) that three soft ice-cream samples were found to contain total bacterial counts and coliform counts exceeding the legal limits. Follow-up is...
- 2016.11.03
CFS continues to follow up on incident of hairy crabs detected with dioxins
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (November 3) that regarding the CFS' earlier announcement that two hairy crab samples were found to contain dioxins and dioxin-like...
- 2016.11.02
Salmonella found in prepackaged cut papaya sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 2) that a sample of prepackaged cut papaya was found to contain a pathogen, Salmonella. The CFS is following up on the case. Product details...
- 2016.11.01
Import and sale of hairy crabs from two aquaculture farms in Jiangsu Province suspended with immediate effect
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 1) that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of hairy crabs raised in two aquaculture farms in Jiangsu Province has been suspended with...
- 2016.10.31
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 31) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5 avian influenza...
- 2016.10.31
Soft ice-cream sample detected with total bacterial count and coliform count exceeding legal limits
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 31) that a sample of soft ice-cream was found to contain a total bacterial count and a coliform count exceeding the legal limits. Follow-up is...
- 2016.10.27
Fresh beef sample found to contain sulphur dioxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 27) that a fresh beef sample was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is not permitted to be used in fresh meat. The CFS is...
- 2016.10.26
Eggs imported from Poland suspected to be contaminated with Salmonella
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 26) urged the public not to consume eggs imported from Poland with the marking code "3PL30221321", as the products might have been contaminated with a...