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- 2010.12.06
Customs alerts parents to watch out for unsafe toy
The Customs and Excise Department today (December 6) alerted parents to watch out for potential hazards posed by a plastic duck toy set. Customs officers recently conducted spot checks on retailers supplying toys in different districts as part of...
- 2010.11.25
Recall of three Jean-Marie pharmaceutical products
Jean-Marie Pharmacal Co. Ltd. (JM), a licensed drug manufacturer, in response to an order from Department of Health (DH) to recall from the market a product which DH found to have a lower than the registered amount of an active ingredient,...
- 2010.11.17
Further recall of pharmaceutical product by Novartis
Further to the recall of three methotrexate injection preparations announced on November 15, the licensed drug wholesaler Novartis Pharm (HK) Ltd (Novartis) initiated a further recall of another methotrexate injection preparation from the local...
- 2010.11.15
Recall of three methotrexate injection preparations
The Department of Health (DH) received notification from a licensed drug wholesaler, Novartis Pharm (HK) Ltd (Novartis), today (November 15) that it had initiated recall of three methotrexate injection preparations from the local market because glass...
- 2010.11.10
Recall of oral proprietary Chinese medicines manufactured by Merika Medicine Factory
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 10) instructed a local licensed proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) manufacturer, Merika Medicine Factory Limited, to recall all oral pCm products it manufactured as they were suspected of exceeding the...
- 2010.11.09
Caution against product containing undeclared western medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 9) called on members of the public not to buy or use a topical product labelled as "Once OK Beriberi Lotion" as it was found to contain an undeclared western medicine, Benzoic acid, a drug used in...
- 2010.11.09
Recall of registered proprietary Chinese medicine with Western drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 9) urged members of the public not to buy or use a topical proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) called "Wujigao" (Registration number: HKP-11063), as it was found to contain a western medicine, salicylic...
- 2010.11.08
Caution against product containing undeclared western medicine
The Department of Health (DH) today (November 8) called on members of the public not to buy or use a product labelled as "An Chuang San Ri Qing (Xian Tao Lu)" as it was found to contain an undeclared western medicine, metronidazole, a drug used for...