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- 2021.03.18
CFS urges public not to consume seasoning from Spain with possible presence of ethylene oxide
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 18) urged the public not to consume a kind of seasoning imported from Spain because the sesame seed used in the product was found with a pesticide,...
- 2021.03.17
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 17) appealed to the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named LKS Coffee as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to health. Acting upon...
- 2021.03.09
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared banned ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 9) appealed to members of the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named "Blackruby_shop" as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned Western drug ingredient that might be dangerous to...
- 2021.03.03
Not to consume prepackaged rice cookies from Taiwan suspected to use non-food grade nitrogen for packaging
Issue Date 3.3.2021 Source of Information Notice issued by relevant manufacturer and from media reports Food Product Prepackaged rice cookies Product Name and Description Product names: Levic Babies Rice Cookie (Carrot) Levic Babies Rice Cookie...
- 2021.02.25
Public urged not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products with controlled ingredients (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 25) appealed to the public not to buy or consume unlabelled slimming products that may contain controlled medicine ingredients and might be dangerous to health. Acting upon intelligence, it was found...
- 2021.02.09
Not to consume breadstick from Italy with possible presence of ethylene oxide
Issue Date 9.2.2021 Source of Information Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission Food Product A kind of breadstick imported from Italy Product Name and Description Product name: L'altro Pane Sfilatini Sesamo Brand: Casa...
- 2021.02.05
Prepackaged Frozen Confection not in compliance with Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations
Product name: Cornetto Royale Chocoluv Brand: “Walls” Place of origin: Thailand Manufacturer : Unilever Thai Holdings Limited Net weight: 135mL per piece Best-before date: 15.7.2021 Non-compliant test parameters : One permitted colouring...
- 2021.02.03
DH endorses batch recall of mercury-tainted proprietary Chinese medicine (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (February 3) endorsed Bak Cao Tong (HK) Chinese Herbs Manufacturers and Trading Limited (Bak Cao Tong), the registration holder of a proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) called [Yuan Heng Tong] Pai Feng Pill...