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- 2007.02.27
Health products and proprietary Chinese medicines found to be potentially hazardous
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 27) urged members of the public not to buy or use four brands of health products and two brands of proprietary Chinese medicines after finding them to have contained potentially hazardous ingredients that...
- 2007.02.22
Urge to stop consumption of contaminated food products
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (February 22) appealed to retailers and the public to stop selling or consuming a batch of chicken breast strips product manufactured by Carolina Culinary Foods, owing to suspected contamination with Listeria...
- 2007.02.05
Western drug ingredients found in proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health today (February 5) urged people not to b...
- 2007.02.01
IKEA recalls PARODI glass vase for laceration hazard
According to IKEA, the company has received reports worldwide of incidents where the base of PARODI vase broke for no apparent reason while the vase was being lifted. Seven customers sustained cuts and in five cases hospital treatment was required....
- 2007.01.31
Free Preventive Maintenance Services of Panasonic Massage Loungers
Shun Hing Electronic Trading Co. Ltd., sole agent of Panasonic products in Hong Kong and Macau, announced that the company would provide free preventive maintenance services to selected models of massage loungers. It has become known that, on rare...
- 2007.01.25
Public urged not to consume health product with Western drug ingredients
The Department of Health today (January 25) called on members of the public not to buy or use a brand of health product called Deguozhanjiang after finding it contained Western drug ingredients for treating impotence and could cause side effects....
- 2007.01.09
Proprietary Chinese medicine found containing potentially hazardous ingredients
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 9) urged members of the public not to buy or use a proprietary Chinese medicine called Boy Joy, which was found to contain potentially hazardous ingredients that may cause side effects. A spokesman for the...
- 2006.12.22
Slimming products found containing Western drug ingredient
The Department of Health today (December 22) called on people not to buy or use three brands of slimming products because they were found to contain sibutramine, a Western drug ingredient that may cause side effects. The products are "Jacaranda",...