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- 2013.01.02
Recall of Chinese herbal medicine contaminated by solanaceousalkaloids
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 2) instructed a licensed Chinese medicines wholesaler, Hang Lung Trading Co, located at G/F, 11 Ko Shing Street, Sheung Wan, to recall from consumers its marketed Chinese herbal medicine Rhizoma et Radix...
- 2012.12.31
Alert on bottled fermented bean curd with suspected pathogencontamination
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (December 31) advised people not to consume a kind of bottled fermented bean curd cubes imported from China which might have been contaminated with Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The trade should immediately stop...
- 2012.12.31
Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 31) ordered a licensed wholesaler of proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), Fung Wah (Hong Kong) Company (Fung Wah) (operated by Honour Essence Trading Limited), to recall from shelves a batch (batch number:...
- 2012.12.28
Japanese infant formula found to have low biotin content
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 28) called on parents to refrain from feeding their babies with an infant formula imported from Japan as it was found to have low biotin content and...
- 2012.12.18
Recall of Panadol Suspension 120mg/5ml
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 18) instructed a licensed drug wholesaler, GlaxoSmithKline Limited (GSK), to recall all Panadol Suspension 120mg/5ml (in 60ml bottles) (registration number: HK-52694) from shelves due to incorrect...
- 2012.12.17
Batch recall of animal drug Quantel Tablet
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 17) instructed C Vetapet & Company, a licensed drug wholesaler, to recall a batch (batch number: C28083) of an animal drug, namely Quantel Tablet (registration number: HK-50424), because of a quality...
- 2012.12.14
Warning on oral product containing banned Western drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 14) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume an oral product called "Jin Tan 1-Ching-Sung Laxative Tablets", as it may contain a banned Western drug that is dangerous to health. The appeal...
- 2012.12.12
Man arrested for illegal Internet sale of unregisteredpharmaceutical products with controlled drug ingredients
A 30-year-old man was arrested today (December 12) in a joint operation by the Department of Health (DH) and the Police in Sheung Shui for illegal sale of "Geftinat 250mg tablets", an unregistered pharmaceutical product containing a Part I poison....