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- 2015.01.16
CFS finds excessive preservative in dried apricot sample again
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 16) announced that a sample of loose-pack dried apricot was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal limit,...
- 2015.01.12
Further recall of proprietary Chinese medicine with failed microbial limit
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 12) instructed a licensed proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) manufacturer, Tai Wo Tung Medicine Company, to recall from consumers all batches of a registered pCm, [Tai Wo Tung] Cough Pills (registration...
- 2015.01.07
CFS announces two unsatisfactory bottled fermented bean curd samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 7) urged the public not to consume two kinds of bottled fermented bean curd which have been contaminated with Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The trade...
- 2015.01.07
CFS announces two unsatisfactory bottled fermented bean curd samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 7) urged the public not to consume two kinds of bottled fermented bean curd which have been contaminated with Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The trade...
- 2015.01.07
DH instructs recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 7) instructed Kai Tai Chinese Medicine (Holdings) Co Limited (Kai Tai), the registration holder of a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) called Hui Chun Dan Lu Wei Pills (registration number: HKP-02536), to...
- 2015.01.06
Seven kinds of pre-packed dried bean curd from Taiwan contain Dimethyl yellow
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 6) urged the public not to consume seven kinds of pre-packed dried bean curd imported from Taiwan following a notification from the Taiwanese authorities...
- 2015.01.02
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine with failed microbial limit
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 2) instructed the registration holder of the proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) [Tai Wo Tung] Cough Pills (registration number: HKP-03409), Tai Wo Tung Medicine Company, to recall from consumers one of its...
- 2014.12.31
Raw oyster sample found to contain cadmium over legal limit again
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (December 31) that, further to the detection of cadmium, a heavy metal, in two raw oyster samples earlier, another raw oyster sample taken from...