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- 2007.11.25
Food alert on contaminated frozen mussel meat
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (November 25) appealed to retailers to stop selling a certain batch of frozen mussel meat from Sanford Limited of New Zealand suspected of being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The alert was made after...
- 2007.11.07
Product Recalls and Safety Alerts Voluntary Recall of "Bindeez Toys"
It was reported that the New South Wales Government had temporarily banned the sale of the Bindeez Toys due to a compound found which allegedly closely resembles the illegal hallucinogenic drug known as GHB (gammahydroxybutyric acid /...
- 2007.10.22
Public reminded to watch out for unsafe beauty cream
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 22) called on members of the public to stop using a beauty product called Huama ABC following a laboratory report showing a raised mercury level in the products affecting a 41-year-old woman. The patient...
- 2007.10.18
Product Safety Advisory for Toshiba SD-P1610 Portable DVD Players
Toshiba Hong Kong Limited issued a product safety advisory for the Toshiba SD-P1610 Portable DVD Players. Toshiba have identified an issue related to the AC Adaptor included with portable DVD player model SD-P1610. It has been found that a poor...
- 2007.10.18
Warning on yoghurt products with possible metal contamination
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (October 18) advised people not to eat eight types of yoghurt and baby yoghurt, all manufactured by National Foods Limited in Australia, due to possible contamination with metal pieces. The company concerned has...
- 2007.10.15
Voluntary suspension of defibrillation leads
The Department of Health (DH) today (October 15) received a notification from a medical device manufacturing company concerning its decision to voluntarily suspend the worldwide distribution of four models of implantable defibrillation leads...
- 2007.09.12
Recall of electric table fans
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department today (September 12) urged consumers to immediately stop using a model of Hyundai 12-inch electric table fans for safety reasons. A recent safety test by the department revealed that the electric...
- 2007.09.11
Medical device alert for blood glucose meters
The Department of Health was notified by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States today (September 11) about a worldwide medical device alert on a type of blood glucose meter with a display screen which may not work properly when dropped...