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- 2016.07.15
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from Delaware Valley in State of Pennsylvania, City of New York in State of New York and State of New Jersey, US
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 15) that in view of notifications from the United States (US) authorities about outbreaks of low pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Delaware Valley...
- 2016.07.15
Pesticide residues exceed legal limits in Chinese white cabbage and durian samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 15) announced that a Chinese white cabbage sample and a durian sample were found to have pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limits. The CFS is...
- 2016.07.14
DH issues warning on oral product containing banned and undeclared Western drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 14) urged the public not to buy or consume an oral product called TANGKE TEGONGYIHAOJIAONANG as it was found to contain two undeclared Western drug ingredients, including one banned locally. The product is...
- 2016.07.13
CFS urges public not to consume prepackaged cake mix with possible E. coli contamination
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 13) urged the public not to consume a kind of prepackaged cake mix imported from the United States (US) as the product might have been contaminated with...
- 2016.07.11
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from Niagara Region, Ontario Province of Canada
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 11) that in view of a notification from the Canadian authorities about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5 avian influenza in Niagara Region, Ontario...
- 2016.07.08
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Indian lettuce sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 8) announced that a sample of Indian lettuce (a leafy vegetable) was detected to have a pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2016.07.08
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared and banned Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 8) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product called "Lose Weight Coffee" as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to health....
- 2016.07.08
Soft ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 8) announced that a sample of soft ice-cream was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress. A spokesman for the...