Food Safety

  2019 2020 2021 2022
No. of vehicles carrying vegetables inspected at Man Kam To Food Control Office* 11 839 -- -- --
No. of targeted inspections of food trucks at food control points* -- 12 000 12 304 12 057
No. of food samples taken for testing (including samples tested for radiation levels for food imported from Japan) 162 650 167 328 74 991 72 694
No. of labels checked 55 104 55 398 55 196 55 192

* The indicator "vehicles carrying vegetables inspected at Man Kam To Food Control Office" was replaced by a new indicator "targeted inspections of food trucks at food control points" as from 2020.

Live Food Animals Inspection and Testing

  2019 2020 2021 2022
No. of inspection of imported poultry 0 0 0 0
No. of pig urine samples taken for testing of beta-agonists 30 017 28 740 28 027 29 050
Total no. of urine, tissue and serum samples from food animal for testing of veterinary drug residues 33 467 32 208 30 131 29 996

Pest Control

  2019 2020 2021 2022
No. of vector-borne disease related investigation 292 107 84 300
No. of pest problem consultation requested by
  Government department 409 380 354 262#
  General public 771 332 372 423#
No. of pest specimen identification 3 864 4 124 7 171 6 504
No. of pesticide efficacy test 30 30 31 31
No. of seminar/lecture/talk for general public 179 33 76 72
No. of persons attending the seminar/lecture/talk 6 533 1 224 2 206 2 735
# The figures were revised in February 2024


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