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- 2018.03.15
Bottled honey sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 15) announced that the protein content of a bottled honey sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared value on its nutrition label. The CFS urged...
- 2018.03.14
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in potato sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 14) announced that a potato sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case....
- 2018.03.14
Recall of Chinese herbal medicine exceeding limit of pesticide residue (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 14) endorsed a licensed Chinese herbal medicines (Chm) wholesaler, Luen Hing Ho, to voluntarily recall from the market a batch of Chm, Fructus Corni (batch number: 170710A), as the pesticide residue of the...
- 2018.03.14
Recall of Eurogine SL intrauterine devices (with photos)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 14) drew the public's attention to the recall of intrauterine devices (IUDs) manufactured by Eurogine SL, due to an increased risk of breakage in the horizontal arms (one or both) of the IUDs at the time of...
- 2018.03.13
Import of poultry meat and products from areas in US, France and Mexico suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 13) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of low pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza in...
- 2018.03.13
Prepackaged macaroni sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (March 13) announced that the total fat content of a sample of prepackaged macaroni for infants and young children was found to be inconsistent with the declared...
- 2018.03.08
DH endorses recall of Dertec Cream (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) today (March 8) endorsed a licensed drug wholesaler, Mediline (Hong Kong) Company Limited (Mediline), to recall all batches of Dertec Cream (registration number: HK-62290) from the market due to a quality issue.During...
- 2018.03.08
Import of poultry meat and products from Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa State, India, suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (March 8) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza...