Date |
Event |
5 June |
To cope with the increasing number of food complaints and to strengthen complaint management, the Food Complaint Unit is established under the Food Surveillance and Control Division of the Centre for Food Safety. |
7 and 8 June |
Representatives of the former Health Welfare and Food Bureau and the Department meet in Dongguan with representatives of the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureaux from Guangdong, Shenzhen and Zhuhai on hygiene, animal inspection and quarantine, and food safety issues. |
16 June |
Live food poultry importation is suspended until 5 July due to a case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Guangdong Province. |