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- 2020.06.15
CFS takes samples of imported salmon for testing
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 15) said that in view of recent media reports that the novel coronavirus was detected on chopping boards used for cutting salmon during a COVID-19...
- 2020.06.12
Hong Kong Customs urges public to stop using one type of surgical mask suspected of exceeding bacterial limit (with photo)
Hong Kong Customs today (June 12) appealed to members of the public to stop using one type of surgical mask as test results revealed that the bacterial count of the mask exceeded the maximum permitted limit, in contravention of the Consumer Goods...
- 2020.06.08
CFS announces results of seasonal food surveillance on rice dumplings (second phase)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 8) announced that the test results of 36 rice dumpling samples collected under a recently completed seasonal food surveillance project on rice dumplings...
- 2020.06.08
Public urged not to buy or consume slimming product with undeclared Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (June 8) appealed to the public not to buy or consume a slimming product named Leisure Slimming Capsule as it was found to contain an undeclared and banned drug ingredient that might be dangerous to one's...
- 2020.06.05
Hong Kong Customs arrests pharmacy director and salespersons suspected of supplying surgical masks with false trade description (with photos)
Hong Kong Customs today (June 5) searched four pharmacies in Mong Kok and Tsuen Wan and seized 464 boxes containing a total of 23 200 surgical masks with a suspected false description of the distributor's address. A director and three...
- 2020.06.04
Import of poultry meat and products from areas of India suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (June 4) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in...
- 2020.06.03
Hong Kong Customs reminds public to avoid using loose-packed surgical masks (with photo)
Hong Kong Customs today (June 3) said the latest test results of surgical masks revealed that the bacterial counts of one type of loose-packed surgical mask exceeded the maximum permitted limit, in contravention of the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance...
- 2020.06.02
CFS urges public not to consume a kind of bottled fruit juice drink contaminated with patulin
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 2) announced that a sample of a bottled fruit juice drink imported from Australia was found to be contaminated with a mycotoxin, patulin, at a level...