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- 2014.03.28
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine not complying with labelling and package insert requirements
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 28) instructed a licensed wholesaler of proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms), Luen Shing Medicine Co Ltd, located at 1/F, Hing Lee Industrial Building, 89 Bedford Road, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, to recall from...
- 2014.03.27
Lenovo recalls certain lithium batteries for notebook computers
Please visit following page for details : http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram2014
- 2014.03.21
Public urged not to use unsafe cosmetic cream
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 21) appealed to members of the public not to buy or use a Collagen Night Cream as it may contain excessive mercury, which is dangerous to health. The appeal followed the DH's receipt of notification of a...
- 2014.03.20
Customs mounts special operation against sale of counterfeit facial masks
In a special operation mounted by officers of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau last week, a number of retail shops and storage centres in the territory were raided for the sale and distribution of suspected counterfeit facial masks....
- 2014.03.20
Four Japanese tea leaf and tea bag samples with low levels of radioactivity detected
Three tea leaf samples and one tea bag sample imported from Japan and collected at import level for radiation testing have been found to have low levels of radioactivity, a spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental...
- 2014.03.20
IKEA recalls children's bed canopies for risk of strangulation
IKEA asks customers who have a bed canopy from the company intended to be draped around children's cots/beds to stop using it with infants and small children and bring it back to any store of the company for a full refund. The affected bed canopies...
- 2014.03.18
EMSD urges public to suspend use of two models of Dyson Fan Heater
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department today (March 18) urged the public to suspend use of Dyson Fan Heaters with model numbers AM04 and AM05 and contact the supplier, Dyson, for free replacement services. The supplier found that, in very...
- 2014.03.14
Public urged not to use unsafe cosmetic cream
The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) today (March 14) urged members of the public not to use a type of cosmetic cream with mercury content exceeding the permissible limit. Customs officers have recently drawn from the market samples of a cosmetic...