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- 2015.09.07
Smirnoff Ice brand alcoholic beverages may contain small glass particles
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hy...
- 2015.09.04
Trade warned against selling batch of frozen ling fillet containing excessive mercury
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 4) instructed the trade to stop selling a batch of prepackaged frozen ling fillet immediately as a sample taken was found to contain a metal...
- 2015.09.04
Woman arrested for suspected illegal sale of slimming product with undeclared banned drug ingredients
A woman aged 24 was arrested today (September 4) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of a slimming product (no English name, see photo) which is suspected to contain undeclared banned drug...
- 2015.09.02
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 2) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian...
- 2015.09.02
Update on investigation into heavy metal poisoning with medications prescribed outside Hong Kong
The Department of Health (DH) today (September 2) reported an update on investigations into cases of heavy metal poisoning after consumption of medications prescribed outside Hong Kong for treatment of chronic skin conditions, and again reminded...
- 2015.09.01
Trappist Dairy Carrot Low Fat Milk Drink sample under recall detected with excessive total bacterial count
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, subsequent to the detection of excessive total bacterial counts in two samples of Trappist Dairy products earlier, has been following up on the incident closely. This...
- 2015.08.31
CFS follows up on frozen noodle imported from Taiwan suspected to be processed with non-food additive grade chlorine dioxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 31) received a notification from the Taiwanese authorities that three batches of frozen noodles suspected to be processed with non-food additive grade...
- 2015.08.31
Unsatisfactory sample of soy sauce chicken announced
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 31) announced that a sample of soy sauce chicken taken from a restaurant in Kowloon Tong was found to contain an excessive amount of coagulase-positive...