The fourth issue of the GM Food Newsletter is published for distribution to the public.

Four new cremators are commissioned at the Fu Shan Crematorium.

A series of train-the-trainer workshops on GM Food for youth centre leaders is launched by the Department from October 2004 to February 2005.

A year-long Hong Kong-wide survey begins on vectors of JE to provide further information for strategic control of the disease carriers.

A specialist team visits Canada to inspect slaughtering plants in relation to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) issues.

A series of workshops and seminars on the HACCP-based Food Safety Plan is arranged from October 2004 to March 2005 for providers of lunch boxes and school management.