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- 2016.01.18
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from parts of US and Vietnam
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 18) that in view of a notification from the United States (US) authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H7N8 avian influenza in...
- 2016.01.15
Centre for Food Safety announces test results on Lunar New Year food (first phase)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 15) announced the test results of a recently completed seasonal food surveillance project on Lunar New Year (LNY) food (first phase). Except for a...
- 2016.01.15
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Fife County, Scotland
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 15) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza...
- 2016.01.14
Recall of two batches of One Step HCG Pregnancy Test
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 14) drew public attention to the recall by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia concerning the One Step Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Pregnancy Test (batch numbers: 20150314 and...
- 2016.01.12
Import and sale of kind of chocolate milk beverage from the Netherlands prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 12) announced that the colony count of a chocolate milk beverage sample manufactured in the Netherlands was found exceeding the legal limit. The CFS has...
- 2016.01.12
Import and sale of raw oysters harvested from Catch Area 50-04 of France prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 12) that the import into and sale within Hong Kong of raw oysters harvested in Catch Area 50-04 of France has been prohibited with immediate...
- 2016.01.12
Prepackaged cheese sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 12) announced that the protein content of a prepackaged cheese sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared value on its nutrition label....
- 2016.01.11
Prepackaged rice cake sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 11) announced that the sodium content of a prepackaged rice cake sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared value on its nutrition label. The...