Press Releases

Date	Headline
30.11.2021	CFS urges public not to consume boletes suspected to contain mixture of species including inedible mushrooms Import of poultry meat and products from areas in France and UK suspended CFS announces food safety report for October
29.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Germany suspended
25.11.2021	Centre for Food Safety announces test results on hot pot food samples Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland, Netherlands and Korea suspended
24.11.2021	CFS follows up on Australia's recall of ready-to-eat raw Pacific oysters harvested in Coffin Bay Prepackaged shrimp noodles sample in breach of food labelling regulation Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Hungary suspended FEHD reminds premises operators to update "QR Code Verification Scanner" mobile app
23.11.2021	Trade instructed to suspend importing and selling of ready-to-eat raw oysters harvested in Coffin Bay in Australia Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Hungary, Poland and Ireland suspended
22.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea, Netherlands and Germany suspended CFS announces test results of seasonal food surveillance project on lap-mei
19.11.2021	FEHD promotes use of "LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app at its markets (with photos) Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and UK suspended FEHD commits to combatting illegal sale of hairy crabs and sale of hairy crabs from dubious sources (with photo)
18.11.2021	October's monthly gravidtrap index for Aedes albopictus drops substantially Stalls for Che Kung Festival Fair and Fong Ma Po New Year Fair at Lam Tsuen in Tai Po to be auctioned Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Hungary and Italy suspended
17.11.2021	FEHD continuously improves service level of public toilets through application of technology Auctions for Lunar New Year fair stalls in New Territories to start next Tuesday Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Italy and Japan suspended FEHD continues to combat illegal sale of hairy crabs and sale of hairy crabs from dubious sources (with photo)
16.11.2021	Several prepackaged food samples in breach of food labelling regulation Auction for Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair stalls ends Import of poultry meat and products from Jeollanam-do Province in Korea suspended
15.11.2021	First-day auction results for Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair stalls New public niches at Tsang Tsui Columbarium continue to be allocated monthly and applications accepted all year round FEHD, Customs and AFCD carried out blitz operations to combat sale of hairy crabs from dubious sources (with photo) Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea, Norway, Netherlands, Poland and Japan suspended Test results of seasonal food surveillance project on hairy crabs all satisfactory FEHD reminds cold store practitioners to comply with latest compulsory testing requirements on COVID-19
12.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in South Africa suspended
11.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and UK suspended FEHD commits to combating illegal sale of hairy crabs and sale of hairy crabs from dubious sources (with photos)
10.11.2021	FEHD joins inter-departmental joint operations to raid unlicensed cold stores in Yuen Long (with photo) Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and Japan suspended
9.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Germany and Poland suspended
5.11.2021	FEHD explains latest COVID-19 testing arrangements to cold store practitioners (with photo)
4.11.2021	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Netherlands and Denmark suspended
3.11.2021	Lunar New Year fair stall auctions to start in mid-November FEHD follows up on samples of imported frozen cuttlefish slice surface and its inner packaging that tested positive for COVID-19 Import of poultry meat and products from Kirov Oblast in Russia suspended
2.11.2021	Two men sentenced to community service order for assaulting FEHD officer and obstructing public officer in execution of duty
1.11.2021	FEHD reminds public to use "LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app for entering FEHD venues (with photos) Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Netherlands and South Africa suspended

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