Press Releases

Date	Headline
31.12.2024	CFS announces food safety report for November FEHD launches Anti-rodent Charter for residential premises
30.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in UK, Poland and Japan suspended Preservatives in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2024 commences today CFS announces risk assessment study results on microbiological quality of packaged rice balls Composite Restricted Foods Permit to open for applications on January 1, 2025
27.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Canada suspended
23.12.2024	Soft ice cream sample detected with total bacterial count exceeding legal limit Import of poultry meat and products from areas in US and UK suspended
20.12.2024	CFS announces results of first report under Second Hong Kong Total Diet Study
19.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Korea suspended
18.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from District of Stade of State of Niedersachsen in Germany suspended
17.12.2024	Trade instructed to suspend importing and selling of raw oysters harvested in area 17.C.11 in France CFS urges public not to consume batch of imported pistachio cream product suspected to be contaminated with aflatoxin Import of poultry eggs from areas in India suspended
16.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from Adair County of State of Oklahoma in US suspended Public consultation on proposed amendments to Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations launched
13.12.2024	CFS urges public not to consume several kinds of prepackaged granola bars suspected to contain pieces of metal
12.12.2024	CFS continues to follow up on ice cream samples detected with coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding legal limits
11.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from Ehime Prefecture in Japan suspended November's monthly gravidtrap index for Aedes albopictus mosquitoes drops from October level
10.12.2024	FEHD takes enforcement action against sale of chilled or frozen meat disguised as fresh meat (with photo) Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Netherlands and UK suspended
9.12.2024	Ice cream sample detected with coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding legal limits Import of poultry meat and products from Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie of Manitoba Province in Canada suspended Test results of microbiological quality of poon choi satisfactory (with photo) Public market stalls for rent at upset prices from December 16 to 18
8.12.2024	FEHD orders restaurant in Yuen Long to suspend business for 14 days
4.12.2024	Centre for Food Safety announces test results on hot pot food samples (with photo) Import of poultry meat and products from Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan suspended
3.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in New Zealand and US suspended
2.12.2024	Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland suspended

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