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- 2015.07.17
Retail shop raided for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products
A retail shop in Sha Tin was raided today (July 17) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale and possession of Part I poison and unregistered pharmaceutical products. Following a public...
- 2015.07.16
Excessive pesticide residues found in mango and sweet pepper samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 16) that a mango sample and a sweet pepper sample were detected with pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following...
- 2015.07.09
Unsatisfactory sample of chicken with sesame sauce announced
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 9) announced that a sample of chicken with sesame sauce taken from a restaurant in Sham Shui Po was found to contain an excessive amount of...
- 2015.07.08
DH investigates case of proprietary Chinese medicine tainted with Western medicine ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) is today (July 8) investigating a case of a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), namely [Kam Yuen Brand] Xue Guan Qing Dao Fu Tablet (registration number: HKP-04598) (batch number: 1401), tainted with a Western medicine...
- 2015.07.08
Excessive pesticide residues found in Chinese celery sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 8) that a Chinese celery sample was detected with pesticide residues at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case. A...
- 2015.07.03
Public warned against consuming dried daylily flowers containing excessive sulphur dioxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (July 3) urged the public not to consume a kind of loose-pack dried daylily flowers containing sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal...
- 2015.06.30
CFS announces food safety report for May
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 30) released the findings of its food safety report for last month. The results of about 9 700 food samples tested were found to be satisfactory...
- 2015.06.26
CFS continues to follow up on unsatisfactory Thai durian samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 26) said that subsequent to the detection of excessive pesticide residues and a colouring matter which should not be added to fruit and vegetables in a raw...