Hong Kong – Not to consume a kind of French raw milk goat’s cheese suspected to be contaminated with Salmonella

• The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the European Commission that the above-mentioned raw milk goat’s cheese sample was found by the French manufacturer to have been contaminated with salmonella. The manufacturer concerned has initiated a recall locally.
• According to the information provided by the RASFF, some of the affected products have been imported into Hong Kong.

• Upon learning of the incident, the CFS immediately contacted the local importer concerned for follow-up.
• A preliminary investigation found that the above-mentioned importer had imported the above batches of the product, and some of them were sold. Upon notification by the exporter concerned earlier, the importer has already stopped sale of the affected product, initiated a recall and destroyed the remaining product.
• The CFS has alerted the trade to the incident, will continue to follow up and take appropriate action.

Members of the public may call the importer’s hotline at 2329 8028 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.