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- 2017.09.11
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Maquassi Hills Local Municipality, South Africa
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 11) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.09.08
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Province of Cremona in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 8) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...
- 2017.09.07
Man arrested for suspected illegal sale of nicotine-containing liquids for electronic cigarettes (with photo)
A man aged 23 was arrested today (September 7), in a joint operation between the Department of Health (DH) and the Police in Sheung Shui on the suspected illegal sale of a product called "envii FITT tobacco starter kit", with four cartridges...
- 2017.09.05
Excessive pesticide residue found in durian sample
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 5) announced that a durian sample was found to contain pesticide residue at a level exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the case. A...
- 2017.08.29
Tinned infant formula sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 29) announced that the manganese and iodine contents of a tinned infant formula sample were found to be inconsistent with the declared values on its...
- 2017.08.28
Chilled liquid egg yolk and chilled liquid whole egg samples imported from Belgium found with pesticide fipronil exceeding legal limit
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 28) said that the Centre held and tested at import level a consignment of egg products imported from Belgium and found that two chilled liquid egg yolk...
- 2017.08.28
Excessive pesticide residues found in papaya and water spinach samples
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (August 28) announced that a papaya sample and a water spinach sample were found to contain pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is...
- 2017.08.28
Hong Kong bans import of poultry meat and products from Province of Lodi in Italy
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (August 28) that in view of a notification from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian...