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- 2015.05.26
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Moody County in South Dakota, US
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 20) that in view of notification from the United States (US) authorities about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza in Moody...
- 2015.05.26
Recall of Scopam S.C. Tablets 10mg (Jen Sheng) and Azeic-A Cream 20%
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 26) endorsed two licensed drug wholesalers, Lanway Ltd (Lanway) and Wings Pharmaceutical Ltd (Wings), to respectively recall from shelves one batch of Scopam S.C. Tablets 10mg (Jen Sheng) (registration number:...
- 2015.05.23
CFS finds pesticide residues in three salted fish samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (May 22) found three samples of loose-pack salted fish (two croaker samples and one threadfin sample) with pesticide residues. Follow-up is in progress. "The CFS...
- 2015.05.20
Excessive pesticide residues found in tangerine and sweet pepper samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (May 20) found a tangerine sample and a sweet pepper sample with pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limits. The CFS is following up on the cases....
- 2015.05.19
Excessive pesticide residue found in tangerine sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (May 19) found a tangerine sample with pesticide residues at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case and reminds members of the...
- 2015.05.19
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from parts of US and Turkey
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 19) that in view of the declaration of a state of emergency by the state of Nebraska of the United States (US) due to outbreaks of highly...
- 2015.05.19
Import ban on geoduck clams from Province of British Columbia in Canada lifted
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (May 19) announced that the import ban imposed on geoduck clams from the Province of British Columbia, Canada, has been lifted with immediate effect. Following the detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning...
- 2015.05.19
Prepacked sausage from Taiwan detected with preservative, sorbic acid
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (May 19) found that a kind of prepacked sausage from Taiwan contained sorbic acid, a non-permitted preservative in sausages. The trade should stop selling the...