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- 2016.04.12
CFS follows up on beef samples containing ractopamine
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 12) noted that in view of media reports earlier on the detection of ractopamine, a leanness-enhancing agent, in beef, the CFS has followed up and collected...
- 2016.04.12
CFS follows up on illegal import of frozen beef from Japan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (April 12) that a consignment of frozen beef from Japan was illegally imported into Hong Kong. All products have been seized and none have...
- 2016.04.08
CFS follows up on tea leaf samples containing perchlorate
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 8) noted that in view of media reports earlier that Mainland-produced tea leaves available in Europe were found to contain higher levels of perchlorate,...
- 2016.04.06
Import and sale of raw oysters produced by French manufacturer Madec Yvon prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 6) that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters produced by a manufacturer in France, namely Madec Yvon, has been prohibited...
- 2016.04.05
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in spinach sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 5) announced that a spinach sample was detected to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case. A...
- 2016.04.01
CFS follows up on illegal import of frozen beef from Japan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (April 1) that a consignment of frozen beef from Japan, including from the prefectures under an import ban, was illegally imported into Hong...
- 2016.03.30
CFS finds traces of malachite green in spotted scat sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 30) announced that a spotted scat sample was found to contain a trace amount of malachite green. Follow-up is in progress. A CFS spokesman said,...
- 2016.03.29
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Gyunggi Province, Korea
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 29) that in view of a notification from the Korean authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in Gyunggi Province of...