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- 2012.01.20
Warning on slimming product found with banned drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 20) repeated its call on members of the public not to buy or use a slimming product called "FAT 2 AND 1 BURNERS III" as it was found to contain banned drug ingredients that may cause serious side effects....
- 2012.01.19
Recall one batch of Saridon Tablet
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 19) endorsed the recall from consumers of one batch (batch number: CM01474) of Saridon Tablet (registration number: HK-24091) by a licensed drug wholesaler, Bayer Healthcare Limited (Bayer), because of a...
- 2012.01.18
Recall of Diurex tablets
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 18) instructed a licensed drug manufacturer, Vickmans Laboratories Ltd (Vickmans), to recall from shelf a batch (lot number: 110738) of Diurex tablets (registration number: HK-51628) in view of a quality...
- 2012.01.16
Recall of Allopurinol-Teva Tablets 100mg
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 16) instructed licensed drug wholesaler The International Medical Co. Ltd. (International) to recall a batch of Allopurinol-Teva Tablets 100mg (registration number: HK-57739; batch number: 1580211) from...
- 2012.01.13
Alert on aconitum alkaloid poisoning
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 13) announced for the public's early information a case of aconitum alkaloid poisoning of unknown origin while the investigation is still ongoing. A DH spokesman said that the incident was referred by the...
- 2012.01.11
Warning on orally consumed product containing banned and undeclaredWestern drug ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 11) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume an oral product, "TangBaoKouFuYiDaoSuJiaoNang", as it has been found to contain three undeclared Western drugs, one of which is a banned item in...
- 2012.01.10
Recall of selected lots of contact lenses
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 10) drew public attention to the recall of three lots of contact lenses - ACUVUE OASYS with HYDRACLEAR Plus Contact Lenses - because the affected products were found to have higher than expected levels of...
- 2012.01.09
DH maintains vigilance over safety of PIP breast implants
A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) reiterated today (January 9) that the Department is continuing its monitoring on a medical device safety incident related to breast implants of substandard quality manufactured by a French company, Poly...