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- 2011.07.27
Call to stop sale of plasticiser-tainted Taiwan-style drink andconsumption of fibre pie produced in Taiwan
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 27) that a sample of lychee drink, collected from a Taiwan-style drinks shop, City One Beverage Company, was found to contain a plasticiser,...
- 2011.07.27
Caution on use of two drugs and serotonergic psychiatricmedications
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 27) cautioned the public about the use of two drugs, methylene blue injectable and Zyvox (linezolid), after assessing safety alerts issued by the US drug authority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....
- 2011.07.26
Shop instructed to stop sale of two plasticiser-taintedTaiwan-style drinks
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 26) that a sample of "peach red tea" and a sample of "lychee red tea", collected from a Taiwan-style drinks shop "Juicy Bar", were found to...
- 2011.07.21
Two shops instructed to stop sale of two plasticiser-taintedTaiwan-style drinks
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 21) that two samples of Taiwan-style drinks "peach red tea" and "lychee juice green tea" taken at two local drinks shops were found to contain a...
- 2011.07.18
Recall of GlaxoSmithKline's Augmentin 375mg tablet
The Department of Health (DH) today (July 18) ordered GlaxoSmithKline Limited (GSK) to recall from shelf an antibiotic, namely Augmentin 375mg tablet (Registration number: HK-47298), because samples of the product were found to contain plasticisers,...
- 2011.07.15
Product Recalls and Safety Alerts P&G Voluntarily RecallsCertain Types of Oral-B Mouthwash
Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced a voluntary recall of certain types of Oral-B mouthwash in Hong Kong. Details of the products being recalled are as follows: Product Name Oral-B Anticavity Fluoride Rinse Alcohol Free 500 ml Oral-B Tooth and Gum Care...
- 2011.07.14
Call to stop sale and consumption of a plasticiser-tainted dietary supplement imported from US
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (July 14) that a sample of Doctor's Choice - Evening Primrose Oil, a dietary supplement imported from the United States, was found to contain...
- 2011.07.13
Alert on bottled fermented bean curd with possible contamination with a pathogen
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (July 13) advised people not to eat a kind of fermented bean curd cubes, pre-packed in bottles and manufactured in China, which might have been contaminated with Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The trade should...