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- 2012.03.06
Warning on slimming product with banned drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 6) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product called "The Extreme-thin Fat Burning Bomb", as it may contain banned drug ingredient that is dangerous to health. The appeal...
- 2012.03.05
Recall of EUKARE Blood Glucose Test Strip
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 5) drew public attention to the recall of certain lots of a blood glucose test strip, the EUKARE Blood Glucose Test Strip. The affected test strips may give falsely high blood glucose readings. The DH...
- 2012.03.05
Recall of heavy metal-tainted and drug-tainted proprietary Chinesemedicines
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 5)urged the public not to buy or use two proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) because they were found, during market surveillance, tainted by heavy metal and undeclared western medicine respectively. The...
- 2012.02.24
Warning on slimming product with undeclared and banned drugingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 24) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product bearing the name "Sheng Yuan Fang" printed in Chinese on its capsules and with "Sheng Yuan Fang" printed on the blister pack,...
- 2012.02.22
Recall of Mylife Pura blood glucose strips in France
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 22) drew the public's attention to the recall of certain lots of a blood glucose test strip in France. The affected product is Mylife Pura (box of 100) manufactured by Bionime Corporation. The test strips...
- 2012.02.21
Recall of an unregistered poison cum pharmaceutical product
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 21) instructed Coloplast (Hong Kong) Limited (Coloplast) to recall its Biatain Ibu dressing from shelves as the product contains Ibuprofen, a poison and a pharmaceutical product with both...
- 2012.02.08
Warning on slimming product with banned drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 8) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named Xiu Zhi Su L-Carnitine Slimming Capsule, as it may contain banned drug ingredients that are dangerous to health. The...
- 2012.02.07
Recall of Uni-Betasone 0.1% Cream
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 7) instructed a licensed drug manufacturer, Universal Pharmaceutical Laboratories Limited (Universal), to recall from shelves all batches of Uni-Betasone 0.1% Cream (registration number: HK-58723) because...