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- 2015.12.09
DH raids shop for suspected illegal sale of slimming product with undeclared banned drug ingredient (with photo)
A retail shop in Sham Shui Po was raided today (December 9) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of a slimming product called 4C Cosmoslim, which is suspected to contain an undeclared banned...
- 2015.12.09
HK bans import of poultry meat and products from District of Cham, State of Bavaria, Germany
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 9) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza...
- 2015.12.09
No more chloramphenicol found in local live pigs
Following up on a case early last month in which urine samples from pigs supplied from a farm in San Tin, Yuen Long, tested positive for the prohibited veterinary drug chloramphenicol, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has...
- 2015.12.07
DH endorses recall of five Advance Pharmaceutical products (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 7) endorsed the recall by licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer Advance Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (APC) of five products from the market, namely Harex Gripe Mixture (registration number: HK-57713), Andrex Baby...
- 2015.12.05
Ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 5) announced that a sample of locally made vanilla flavour ice-cream was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in...
- 2015.12.04
Chinese preserved sausage and liver sausage samples not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 4) announced that the nutrition contents of a Chinese preserved sausage sample and a Chinese pork and duck liver sausage sample were found to be...
- 2015.12.04
DH raids premises for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical product
A premises in Mong Kok was raided today (December 4) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of Part 1 poison and unregistered pharmaceutical product. Following a public complaint, it was found...
- 2015.12.02
Bottled vinegar sample not in compliance with food label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 2) announced that a bottled vinegar sample was found to contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), which was inconsistent with the relevant claim on its food...