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- 2015.11.10
Pesticide residues exceeding legal limit detected in choi sum samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 10) announced that two choi sum samples were detected to have pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the...
- 2015.11.06
Recall of six pharmaceutical products manufactured by Europharm
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 6) endorsed a licensed drug manufacturer, Europharm Laboratoires Co Ltd, to recall six products from the market because the names and quantities of excipients used in these products do not match with the...
- 2015.11.05
Import and sale of Dungeness Crabs and Rock Crabs harvested from part of California coast prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 5) that in view of an announcement by the United States (US) authorities that the Dungeness Crabs and Rock Crabs harvested from Californian...
- 2015.11.05
Local farm pigs suspected to contain veterinary drug residue
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 5) said that the urine samples taken from a batch of pigs produced locally for veterinary drug residues tests at Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse was...
- 2015.11.04
Batch of New Zealand organic oysters contaminated with E. coli
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 4) urged the public not to consume a batch of organic oysters produced in New Zealand as the product might be contaminated with Escherichia coli (E....
- 2015.11.04
Chilled tuna from Japan detected with mercury exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 4) that a batch of chilled tuna imported from Japan was found to contain a metal contaminant, mercury, at a level exceeding the legal limit....
- 2015.11.04
Ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 4) announced that a sample of locally made ice-cream (milk flavour) was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in...
- 2015.10.30
Salted radish sample detected with preservatives exceeding legal limits
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 30) that a batch of prepacked salted radish was found to contain preservatives (benzoic acid and sorbic acid) at levels exceeding the...