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- 2020.02.10
Man arrested for suspected illegal sale of nicotine-containing liquids for electronic cigarettes (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) and the Police yesterday (February 10) conducted a joint operation against the illegal sale of nicotine-containing liquids intended for use with electronic nicotine delivery systems, commonly known as electronic...
- 2020.01.15
Bottled pesto may contain allergen (peanuts)
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 15) said that a kind of bottled pesto manufactured in Italy might contain an allergen, peanuts, but it was not declared on the product's food label....
- 2020.01.15
Woman arrested for suspected illegal sale of unregistered pharmaceutical product
The Department of Health (DH) today (January 15) conducted an operation against the sale of an unregistered pharmaceutical product, during which a 25-year-old woman was arrested by the Police for illegal sale of an unregistered pharmaceutical product...
- 2019.12.12
CFS finds suspected forged health certificates
The Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (CFS) has earlier found some discrepancies of the serial numbers of a few health certificates issued by the Vietnamese authorities when processing data during an...
- 2019.12.10
Batch Recall of Cyramza Concentrate For Solution For Infusion 100mg／10ml (with photo)
Medicine recalls Batch Recall of Cyramza Concentrate For Solution For Infusion 100mg／10ml (with photo) The Department of Health (DH) today (December 10) endorsed a licensed medicine wholesaler, Eli Lilly Asia, Inc. (Eli Lilly), to recall one...
- 2019.12.10
Safety alert on NADAL hCG Pregnancy Test
The Department of Health (DH) today (December 10) drew public attention to a safety alert concerning the NADAL hCG Pregnancy Test [Product Code: 141000, Lot/Batch: 169757, Expiry Date: 30 November 2020] manufactured by nal von minden GmbH, as...
- 2019.12.06
Prepackaged bamboo fungi sample detected with excessive preservative and in breach of food labelling regulation
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (December 6) that a sample of prepackaged bamboo fungi was found to contain sulphur dioxide, a preservative, at a level exceeding the legal limit, and...
- 2019.11.28
Snowflake brick sample detected with coliform bacteria exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (November 28) announced that a sample of milk-flavoured snowflake brick was found to contain coliform bacteria exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up...