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- 2015.08.19
Sulphur dioxide found by CFS in fresh beef sample
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 19) said that a sample of fresh beef was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative which is not permitted to be used in fresh meat,...
- 2015.08.17
Soft ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 17) announced that a sample of soft ice-cream, made upon order, was found to contain a coliform count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress....
- 2015.08.12
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 12) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian...
- 2015.08.11
Update on suspected food poisoning cases involving Taiwan sandwiches
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (August 11) provided an update on its investigation into suspected food poisoning cases related to the consumption of sandwiches of "Hung Rui Chen" (Horng Ryen Jen) (in case of...
- 2015.08.10
Update on suspected food poisoning cases involving Taiwan sandwiches
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) and the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (August 10) provided an update on the suspected food poisoning cases related to...
- 2015.08.08
Update on suspected food poisoning cases
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (August 8) provided an update on its investigation into suspected food poisoning cases related to the consumption of sandwiches of "Hung Rui Chen" (Horng Ryen Jen) (in case of...
- 2015.08.07
Follow-up investigation on proprietary Chinese medicines contaminated with alkaloids
The Department of Health (DH) today (August 7) appealed to members of the public not to consume a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), namely [Yang Cheng Brand] Shi Re Qing (registration number: HKP-00470; batch number: 13006), as well as pCms...
- 2015.08.06
Batch of French raw milk cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 6) urged the public not to consume a batch of Neufchatel chilled raw milk cheese, imported from France, as the product might have been contaminated with...