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- 2012.07.13
Warning on slimming product with banned drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 13) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product called "Conting Qianweisu Slimming Herbs Capsule", as it may contain a banned drug ingredient that is dangerous to health. The...
- 2012.06.29
Italian wine found with monoethylene glycol
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (June 29) urged the public not to consume a kind of Italian wine, which might contain a chemical, monoethylene glycol (MEG). The trade should also stop selling the product concerned. "The CFS received...
- 2012.06.13
Warning on oral product containing undeclared Western drugingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 13) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume an oral product called "Dong Qing San Bian Li", as it may contain an undeclared Western drug that is dangerous to health. The appeal followed the...
- 2012.06.04
Total recall of Derma Skin Spray
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 4) endorsed the voluntary total recall of Derma Skin Spray (registration number: HK-54689) by a local drug manufacturer, Meyer Pharmaceuticals Limited (Meyer), from the market as some sale packs of the...
- 2012.05.25
Recall of two chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 25) instructed two licensed proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) wholesalers, Fu Yuen Trading Company and Kian Hin Leong Medicine Company Limited, to recall from shelves two pCms, G.L. Savior (registration...
- 2012.05.24
Total recall of proprietary Chinese medicines in capsule dose formimported by Kin Lik Trading Company Limited
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 24) endorsed the recall of all registered proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) in capsule dose form imported by a licensed pCm wholesaler, Kin Lik Trading Company Limited, from shelves as the capsule of one of...
- 2012.05.08
Total recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 8) ordered a licensed wholesaler of a proprietary Chinese medicine, Kin Kwok Trading Co (Kin Kwok), to recall from consumer a registered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm), [Hu Qiu] Niu Huang Xiao Yan Wan...
- 2012.05.06
Recall of chromium-tainted proprietary Chinese medicines
The Department of Health (DH) today (May 6) instructed a licensed proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) manufacturer, Hong Kong Medicine Manufactory, to recall from shelf a pCm, Germany Wintex Brand Herbal Sep Capsules (registration number: HKP-09565)....