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- 2006.01.17
Recall of 13 proprietary Chinese medicines of same batch number
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 17) ordered the immediate recall of 13 proprietary Chinese medicines (pCm) after laboratory test revealed that the total bacterial count of the above products exceeded maximum permitted limit for...
- 2006.01.14
Lunar New Year food tested
Ninety one out of a total of 92 samples of festive foods for the Lunar New Year recently tested under the Food Surveillance Programme were all found to be satisfactory, a spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (January...
- 2006.01.13
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicine
The Department of Health today (January 13) urged the public not to buy or take a proprietary Chinese medicine (PCM) called Chi Chun Tang Chu Pai Bo Ying Dan of production batch number 40001 as its microbial content was found to have exceeded the...
- 2006.01.12
Voluntary recall on electrothermal bags
U-Right (HK) Ltd. announced a voluntary recall of a model of electrothermal bags which were supplied at U-Right shops from December 2004 to February 2005. These electrothermal bags may have defective internal components leading to overheating and...
- 2006.01.07
Recall of proprietary Chinese medicines
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 7) urged members of the public not to buy or take several brands of proprietary Chinese medicines called Bak Foong Pill after laboratory tests revealed that the lead content of the products concerned...
- 2006.01.06
Health product with western drug ingredients
The Department of Health today (January 6) called on people not t...
- 2005.12.13
Removal of contraceptive device
The Department of Health has received five reports of breakage and expulsion of a batch of intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs) in the past 12 months and women using such devices will be contacted for follow-up. As the contraceptive effect may...
- 2005.12.02
Department of Health urges public not to consume slimming product containing sibutramine
The Department of Health today (December 2) urged members of the ...