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- 2015.04.02
CFS urges public not to consume smoked salmon manufactured by Polyfood Food
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Department today (April 2) announced that a smoked salmon sample taken from Polyfood Food Service Co Ltd was detected with a small amount of Listeria monocytogenes. Members of the public...
- 2015.04.01
Batch of bottled preserved bean curd contaminated with Bacillus cereus
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 1) urged the public not to consume a batch of bottled preserved bean curd which has been contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The trade should also stop...
- 2015.03.31
Retail shop raided for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products with undeclared drug ingredients
A retail shop in Tsim Sha Tsui was raided today (March 31) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products that contain undeclared Part I poisons....
- 2015.03.30
Man arrested for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products with controlled drug substance
A 38-year-old man was arrested today (March 30) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products labelled to contain a Part I poison, oxandrolone. During the DH's...
- 2015.03.29
CFS urges public not to consume a batch of smoked salmon suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 29) noted that a batch of smoked salmon manufactured in Hong Kong was said to have been contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The CFS is...
- 2015.03.25
DH investigates suspected illegal possession of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) is today (March 25) investigating a suspected case of illegal possession of an unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) (no English name, see photo) by a shop called Akihabara located in Fort Street, North Point,...
- 2015.03.20
Retail shops raided for suspected illegal sale of unregisteredpharmaceutical product
Two retail shops in Mong Kok were raided today (March 20) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police for suspected illegal sale and possession of an unregistered pharmaceutical product labelled to contain Part I poison....
- 2015.03.16
DH instructs batch recall of Betasalic Ointment
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 16) instructed a licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer, Europharm Laboratoires Co Ltd (Europharm), to recall one batch (batch number: 408179) of Betasalic Ointment (registration number: HK-49244) from the...