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- 2015.12.31
Excessive pesticide residues found in three vegetable samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 31) that a radish sample and two sweet potato samples were detected to have pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2015.12.31
Safety alert on Cardiac Science defibrillation electrodes
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 31) drew the public's attention to a safety alert issued by Cardiac Science Corporation concerning its defibrillation electrodes (model number PN9131-001) of lot number 141125-02 used in...
- 2015.12.31
Two prepackaged food samples not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 31) announced that the nutrient contents of two prepackaged food samples, namely a milk candy sample and a tong yuen sample, were found to be...
- 2015.12.30
DH raids premises for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical product
A premises in Mong Kok was raided today (December 30) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of an unregistered pharmaceutical product, YI BAO, which is suspected to contain undeclared Part 1...
- 2015.12.30
FEHD orders Hung Hom restaurant to suspend business for 14 days
The Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene has ordered a restaurant in Hung Hom to suspend business for 14 days as the operator repeatedly breached the Food Business Regulation (FBR) by storing open food improperly.The restaurant is located at...
- 2015.12.30
Test results of microbiological quality of poon choi all satisfactory
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has recently completed a seasonal food surveillance project on the microbiological quality of poon choi and found that the test results of the samples collected were...
- 2015.12.28
EMSD urges public to suspend use of one model of adaptor
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) urg...
- 2015.12.28
Fresh pork sample found to contain sulphur dioxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 28) that a sample of fresh pork was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is not permitted to be used in fresh meat. The CFS...