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- 2014.12.24
Canadian geoduck clams detected with paralytic shellfish poisoningtoxin
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 24) urged the public not to consume certain batches of geoduck clams imported from Canada as they were again detected with paralytic shellfish poisoning...
- 2014.12.24
CFS announces unsatisfactory bottled fermented bean curd sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 24) urged the public not to consume a kind of bottled fermented bean curd which has been contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The trade should also stop...
- 2014.12.24
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 24) that, further to the detection of cadmium, a heavy metal, in a raw oyster sample earlier, another raw oyster sample taken from the...
- 2014.12.22
Raw oyster sample found to contain cadmium over legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) announced today (December 22) that a sample of raw oyster taken at a food factory was found to be contaminated with a heavy metal, cadmium. The CFS has ordered...
- 2014.12.19
Canadian live geoduck clams detected with paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 19) urged the public not to consume four consignments of live geoduck clams imported from Canada which had been detected with paralytic shellfish...
- 2014.12.19
CFS finds excessive preservative in dried apricot sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 19) announced that a sample of loose-pack dried apricot was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal limit. The...
- 2014.12.19
Undeclared sweetener found in prepackaged meatballs
A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 19) said that a permitted sweetener, Acesulfame Potassium, was found in a kind of prepackaged meat and mushroom balls, but has not been...
- 2014.12.16
Retail stall raided for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical products with undeclared ingredients
A retail stall in Tin Shui Wai was raided today (December 16) 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...