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- 2018.01.18
Updates on CFS' follow-up on French infant and young children formulae incident
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (January 18) that in view of the latest notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the recall of French...
- 2018.01.16
Import of poultry meat and products from Bengaluru Urban District, Karnataka State of India suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 16) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2018.01.15
Chilled sea bream sample from Japan detected with mercury exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 15) that a sample of chilled sea bream imported from Japan was found to contain a metal contaminant, mercury, at a level exceeding the legal...
- 2018.01.15
Soft ice-cream sample detected with total bacterial count and coliform bacteria exceeding legal limits
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 15) announced that a soft ice-cream sample was found to contain a total bacterial count and coliform bacteria exceeding the legal limits. Follow-up is in...
- 2018.01.12
Import of poultry meat and products from Kagawa Prefecture in Japan suspended
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 12) that in view of a notification from the Japanese authorities about an outbreak of H5 avian influenza in Kagawa Prefecture in Japan, the CFS...
- 2018.01.12
Pesticide residue exceeds legal limit in Chinese lettuce sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 12) announced that a Chinese lettuce sample was found to have pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the...
- 2018.01.12
Traces of H5N6 virus detected in fresh provision shop in Wan Chai
A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said today (January 12) that under the routine surveillance programme for avian influenza (AI) at markets and fresh provision shops which is commissioned by the FEHD and conducted...
- 2018.01.11
Sample of bottled cashew nuts not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 11) announced that the sodium content of a sample of bottled cashew nuts was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label....