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- 2010.07.13
Food alert on canned sardines with bacterial contamination
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (July 13) advised the public not to eat a certain batch of NOSTROMO canned sardines which were found to have a high bacterial count by the European Commission (EU). According to the EU authorities, the...
- 2010.07.08
Customs alerts parents to watch out for toy safety
The Customs and Excise Department today (July 8) alerted parents to watch out for potential hazards posed by the plastic mat of a chess toy. Customs officers recently conducted spot checks on retailers supplying chess toys in different districts. A...
- 2010.06.22
Caution on suspected counterfeit product containing undeclared western drug ingredient
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 22) urged members of the public not to buy or take a batch of product called "Po Chai Pills" (Batch Number 21214) in which the Government Laboratory has detected an undeclared western medicine ingredient,...
- 2010.06.14
Recall of unsafe proprietary Chinese medicine product
The Department of Health (DH) has directed a local licensed propr...
- 2010.06.11
Public cautioned on unsafe product
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 11) cautioned against t...
- 2010.06.09
Software defect may cause malfunction in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 9) received notification from a local supplier, Innotronik Hong Kong Limited (Innotronik), about a software problem in three models of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) manufactured by Sorin in...
- 2010.06.04
Public warned about two types of Isotone Sports Drinks
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (June 4) advised people not to consume two types of Isotone Sports Drinks. The CFS was notified by the company, A. S Watson Group (HK) Limited (Watsons), today that it has suspended the sale of the products due...
- 2010.06.01
Recall of automated external defibrillators
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 1) drew public attention to a voluntary recall by the Philips Electronics Hong Kong Ltd. of four models of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) which may have voltage detector problems. The affected...