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- 2017.10.06
Bottled fruit juice sample in breach of food labelling regulations
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 6) that a bottled fruit juice sample was found to be in breach of food labelling regulations for not declaring on its food label that it...
- 2017.10.06
Laksa sample detected with excessive Clostridium perfringens
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 6) announced that a laksa sample was found to contain excessive Clostridium perfringens, a pathogen. The CFS is following up on the case. ...
- 2017.10.04
Prepackaged udon sample not in compliance with nutrition label rule
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (October 4) announced that the sodium content of a prepackaged udon sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared content on its nutrition label. The CFS...
- 2017.10.03
DH raids retail stall for suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered medicines (with photo)
The Department of Health (DH) and the Police today (October 3) co...
- 2017.10.03
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Province of Vicenza in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (October 3) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza...
- 2017.09.29
Excessive cadmium found in crab samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 29) announced that a brown crab sample imported from the United Kingdom and a mud crab sample were detected with cadmium, a metallic contaminant...
- 2017.09.29
Prepackaged cornmeal sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 29) announced that the energy, total fat and sugar contents of a prepackaged cornmeal sample were found to be inconsistent with the declared contents...
- 2017.09.28
CFS narrows scope of hold and test arrangements for poultry eggs at import level
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 28) said that in view of the fact that the European Union (EU) Ministerial Conference on the follow-up of the fipronil incident was held earlier and a...