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- 2018.04.18
CFS urges public not to consume a kind of French cheese suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 18) urged the public not to consume a kind of cheese imported from France due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogen. The trade...
- 2018.04.18
DH investigates case of proprietary Chinese medicine adulterated with Western drug ingredient (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) is today (April 18) investigating a case of a registered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) adulterated with a Western drug ingredient, diclofenac. The product name is Tik Dak Win (registration no: HKP-05141) and the...
- 2018.04.17
Eggs imported from US suspected to be contaminated with Salmonella
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 17) that the import into and sale in Hong Kong of poultry eggs produced by a plant (Plant No. P - 1065) of Rose Acre Farms' Hyde County farm in...
- 2018.04.16
Popsicle sample detected with total bacterial count exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (April 16) announced that a mango flavour popsicle sample was found to contain a total bacterial count exceeding the legal limit. Follow-up is in progress....
- 2018.04.03
CFS urges public not to consume bottled beer that may contain glass particles
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (April 3) urged the public not to consume two batches of bottled beer imported from Belgium as they might contain glass particles. The trade should also stop...
- 2018.03.29
Excessive cadmium found in prepackaged preserved mustard sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 29) announced that a prepackaged preserved mustard sample was detected to contain cadmium, a metallic contaminant, exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2018.03.24
EMSD urges public to stop using three models of KitchenAid electric kettles (with photos)
The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department today (March 24) urged the public to stop using three models of KitchenAid electric kettles as the manufacturer of the product found a potential risk of the kettle handle being displaced which could...
- 2018.03.16
CFS urges public not to consume US prepackaged sausage suspected to contain foreign matters
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 16) urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged sausage imported from the United States (US) as they might contain foreign matters. The trade...