Press Releases

Date	Headline
31.7.2021	FEHD continues to arrange free COVID-19 testing services for targeted groups
30.7.2021	SFH appeals to catering, market, hawker and cold store staff to get vaccinated (with photos/video) CFS announces food safety report for June CFS urges public not to consume baby rice cereal from Australia with possible presence of arsenic
29.7.2021	CFS urges public not to consume stabiliser from France with possible presence of ethylene oxide
28.7.2021	CFS finds malachite green in crucian carp sample Duck foie gras product from France may contain glass fragments
23.7.2021	Trade instructed to suspend importing and selling of ready to eat raw oysters harvested in Samish Bay in US
21.7.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from Mkhambathini Local Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa suspended
20.7.2021	CFS reminds public to pay more attention to food safety risks in summer
19.7.2021	Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2021 to commence in phases in 2023 CFS finds malachite green in prepackaged snakehead sample
17.7.2021	FEHD orders Kwun Tong fresh provision shop to suspend business for 14 days
16.7.2021	Two men sentenced to imprisonment for assaulting FEHD officers
13.7.2021	FEHD reminds premises operators to update "QR Code Verification Scanner" app
9.7.2021	First round of FEHD anti-rodent operations in designated target areas achieves effective results (with photos)
8.7.2021	FEHD reminds premises operators to use dedicated "QR Code Verification Scanner" for checking customers' COVID-19 vaccination records
7.7.2021	Excessive sulphur dioxide found in longan sample Import of poultry meat and products from Sønderborg Municipality in Denmark suspended
6.7.2021	FEHD exchanges views with stall representatives of its public markets on contactless payment and wireless network services (with photos) Trade instructed to suspend importing and selling of raw oysters produced by Whitstable Oyster Company in UK Import of poultry meat and products from Cao Bang Province in Vietnam suspended CFS finds malachite green in goldfish sample
5.7.2021	Veterinary drug chloramphenicol found in common oriental clam sample
2.7.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and South Africa suspended

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