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- 2012.12.06
1,3-Dimethylamylamine put under control as pharmaceutical product
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 6) drew public attention to the decision made by the Registration Committee of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (the Committee) yesterday to regulate 1,3-Dimethylamylamine (DMAA) as a pharmaceutical product...
- 2012.12.04
Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 4) ordered a licensed manufacturer of proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), Luen Hing Hong, to recall from shelves a pCm called [Fung Shing Pai] Tian-Ma Wan (registration number: HKP-00317), as it has been...
- 2012.11.28
Woman arrested for illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceuticalproduct on the Internet
A 47-year-old woman was today (November 28) arrested in a joint operation by the Police and the Department of Health (DH) in Wan Chai for suspected illegal sale of an unregistered pharmaceutical product which claimed to contain glucosamine. Earlier...
- 2012.11.27
Warning on slimming product with banned drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 27) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named "Aulura Energy Balance Dietary Supplement" as it may contain undeclared and banned drug ingredients that are dangerous...
- 2012.11.08
Recall of lead-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 8) ordered a licensed manufacturer of proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), Wah Shun Medicine Limited, to recall from shelves a batch (batch number: 8011 WP1) of a pCm called [W.S.] Shi Hu Ye Guang Wan (Ye...
- 2012.11.07
Warning on slimming product with banned drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 7) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named "Ku Xiu Ba Xiang Jian Fei Wan", as it may contain undeclared and banned drug ingredients that are dangerous to health....
- 2012.11.01
Recall of mislabelled Chinese herbal medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 1) ordered a licensed wholesaler in Chinese herbal medicines, Wong Chak Kee Limited, in Sheung Wan to recall a Chinese herbal medicine, processed Radix Aconiti Lateralis (Bai Fu Pian), as it is wrongly...
- 2012.10.19
Recall of one batch of Nicorette Chewing Piece 4mg 105's
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 19) endorsed Johnson & Johnson Consumer (Hong Kong) Limited (J&J), a licensed drug wholesaler, to recall one batch (batch no.: NL752C) of Nicorette Chewing Piece 4mg 105's (Nicorette 4mg) (Registration...