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- 2015.08.21
Trappist Dairy Fresh Milk found with excessive total bacterial count
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 21) urged people not to consume a batch of Trappist Dairy Fresh Milk which was detected to have a total bacterial count exceeding the legal limit. The...
- 2015.08.21
Woman arrested for suspected illegal sale of products with undeclared controlled drug substance on the Internet
A woman aged 30 was arrested today (August 21) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale of two products (no English name, see photo) on the Internet which are suspected to contain an undeclared...
- 2015.08.20
Excessive preservative found in pickled mustard sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 20) a batch of prepacked pickled mustard from Thailand was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal limit. The...
- 2015.08.19
Excessive pesticide residues found in water spinach sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 19) found a water spinach sample to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case. A spokesman said,...
- 2015.08.19
Import of brown crabs from Isle of Anglesey, United Kingdom banned
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 19) that the import of brown crabs from the Isle of Anglesey, the United Kingdom be banned with immediate effect because two brown crab samples...
- 2015.08.19
Imports and sale of all oysters for raw consumption harvested in coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada prohibited immediately
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 19) that in view of a notification from the Canadian authorities that oysters for raw consumption harvested on or before August 18 in coastal...
- 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....