The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) holds a series of exhibitions across the territory every year. Panels covering different topics such as food safety and nutrition are shown to enhance public knowledge on how to make safe and suitable food choices.
Four roving exhibitions will be held in the following venues in April 2024. Details are as follows:
| Date | Time | Venue | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/4 | 10am – 4pm | Causeway Bay Market | Prevention of Cross-contamination; Take Notice of Eating Scallops |
| 17/4 | 10am – 4pm | Smithfield Market | Prevention of Cross-contamination; Trans Fats |
| 19/4 | 10am – 4pm | Tsuen Wan Government Offices | Food Safety Advice for Pregnant Women; Enhance Food Traceability, Strengthen Food Safety |
| 24/4 | 10am – 4pm | Sai Wan Ho Market | Control of Food Temperature; Genetically Modified Food |
New arrangements of the exhibitions will be announced regularly and members of the public are welcome to visit the CFS website. For any enquiries, please contact our Communication Resource Unit at 2381 6096.
Danish Crown is recalling Den Grønne butcher turkey bacon, as salmonella has been found in the raw material for the product.
If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased.
Which food is recalled
The Green Butcher Turkey Bacon
Net weight: 100 grams
Best before date: 30.04.2024 and 01.05.2024
EAN code: 5707196309232
Where is the product sold
The product is sold in : COOP and Netto
Why is the product being recalled?
A check at the Polish raw material supplier has detected salmonella in the raw material.
There is therefore a risk that there may be salmonella in the product. The symptoms of infection with salmonella are diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, headache and possibly nausea and vomiting. The illness can last from a few days to several weeks.
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Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
without marks
Model names or references
In shell and nuts
Product identification
Batch
10071
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/23/2024 to 03/26/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Self-service store and distributor
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I would like to have said that I was surprised but I am not.
A survey on habits and beliefs around food hygiene has found some people wash raw chicken before cooking and others check their phones while preparing food.
Ipsos interviewed 2,231 adults aged 16 to 75 in the United Kingdom online in March 2024.
Overall, 85 percent of adults said they cook or prepare food at home at least several times a week.
One potentially harmful habit was people using the same tea towel for multiple purposes, including drying hands and kitchen objects. The data suggest that almost four in 10 do this at least frequently. Even among those who say they cook and prepare food at home on a daily basis, the proportion of those sharing this habit is 36 percent.
More than a third always or frequently check their phone whilst preparing food. One in five store leftover food in open containers in the fridge.
Almost one in three respondents frequently or always wash raw chicken before cooking it. This practice can cause cross-contamination through splashing bacteria onto hands, clothes, worktops and utensils. Microscopic droplets can cause cross-contamination.
Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Others
Product brand name
Unbranded
Model names or references
Poultry bacon to cook 150g
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
3760237752284 4064057 Use-by date 03/25/2024
Packaging
Plastic tray
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/06/2024 to 03/25/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 67-045-002 CE
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Fresh, Grand Frais and Mon Marché stores
List of points of sale
List_of_stores_concerned.pdf
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Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Milk and dairy products
Product brand name
Saint-Nectaire farmer AOP on straw le pailloux
Model names or references
Saint-Nectaire farmer AOP on straw le pailloux
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
2910996000008 09M020124 Use-by date 03/16/2024
2480996000006 09M020124 Use-by date 03/16/2024
Packaging
Naked filming
Start/end date of marketing
From 02/01/2024 to 03/16/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
63-014-009
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Fresh, Grand Frais, My Market, BioFrais
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Eat-Sum-More Inc. is recalling Beef Biltong from the marketplace because of possible Salmonella contamination.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), this recall was triggered by test results.
The recalled products were distributed in Ontario and Online in Canada.
29 March 2024: Matakana Smokehouse NZ Ltd is recalling a specific batch of its Matakana Smokehouse NZ brand Citrus Gravlax and Kaffir Gravlax due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
| Product type | Fish products |
| Name of product (size) | Matakana Smokehouse NZ brand Citrus Gravlax (all sizes)
Matakana Smokehouse NZ brand Kaffir Gravlax (all sizes) |
| Batch marking | Packed on 20-03-24 |
| Date marking | Use By 10-04-24 |
| Package size and description | The products are sold in vacuum packed packages ranging from 150g – 200g. |
| Distribution | The products are sold at the following stores:
The products have not been exported. |
| Notes | This recall does not affect any other Matakana Smokehouse NZ products. |
If you are a retailer of the products in this recall, download a copy of the point of sale notice. You need to display it in your store for one month.
Point of sale notice – Matakana Smokehouse NZ [PDF, 937KB]
Customers are asked to check the batch and date mark on the product.
Affected products should not be consumed. There have been no reports of associated illness, however if you have consumed any of these products/this product and have any concerns about your health/about illness, seek medical advice.
Customers should return the products to their retailer for a full refund.
If you have questions, contact Matakana Smokehouse NZ
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Salted and sweet raw milk farm butter [500gr – 250gr – 125gr], Guérande salt butter [125gr] and garlic and fine herb butter [125gr] from the Ferme de la Vacheresse brand
In agreement with the AFSCA, Ferme de la Vacheresse withdraws salted and sweet raw milk farm butter (500gr – 250gr – 125gr), Guérande salt butter (125gr) and garlic and fine herb butter (125gr) of the Ferme de la Vacheresse brand of sale and recalls them from consumers due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
Ferme de la Vacheresse asks its customers not to consume these products and to return them to the point of sale at which they were purchased, where they will be refunded.
Description of products:
The products were distributed via:
For any further information , contact: Arnaud Van Daele
Tel. : 0479 67 90 40 or 0479 72 34 94
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