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Hong Kong – Research – Salmonella in RTE Foods

Posted on January 22, 2015 by | Leave a comment

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Kong (HKSAR) – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has recently completed a targeted food surveillance project on Salmonella in ready-to-eat food. Results showed that all the 800 samples tested were satisfactory.

“The Centre collected the samples from over 600different locations, including retail outlets and food factories, for testing of Salmonella. The samples included cut fruit and salad; meat, poultry and their products (such as ham, shredded chicken, siu-mei and lo-mei); dishes containing eggs (such as pudding and fried rice with eggs); and other food (such as jellyfish and other Chinese cold dishes),” a spokesman for the CFS said today (January 20).

Salmonella is the leading cause of food poisoning locally.

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Hong Kong – Raw Oyster Warning

Posted on December 29, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (December 25) reminded the public to pay attention to food safety to prevent food-related illness during holidays and seasonal celebrations. Susceptible groups, such as the elderly, young children, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems or liver diseases, should avoid eating high risk food like raw oysters.

A CFS spokesman said, “The CFS received referrals from the Centre for Health Protection on two suspected food poisoning clusters recently. Raw oysters were among the suspected food items in both outbreaks.

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Hong Kong – Food Alert – Two kinds of cooked Italian ham and mortadella were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on October 21, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Cooked Italian ham and mortadella

(1) Product name: Fumagalli Organic Cooked Ham
Place of origin: Italy
Weight: 70 grams
Use-by date: October 16, 2014

(2) Product name: Fumagalli Organic Mortadella
Place of origin: Italy
Weight: 70 grams
Use-by date: October 16, 2014

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the European Commission that upon testing, samples of the ham and mortadella concerned were found to have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. According to the information, a French retailer involved has initiated a recall. About 11 kilograms of the affected product has been imported to Hong Kong.

– Listeria monocytogenes can be easily destroyed by cooking but can survive and multiply at refrigerator temperature. Severe complications such as septicemia, meningitis or even death may occur in newborns, elderly and those with a weaker immune system. Although infected pregnant women may just experience mild symptoms generally, the infection of Listeria monocytogenes may cause miscarriage, infant death, preterm birth, or severe infection in the newborns

 

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Hong Kong – Food Alert – A kind of pre-packed frozen smoked trout, possibly contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, from Britain

Posted on September 17, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Product name: Inverawe Smoked Trout
Place of origin: Britain
Weight: 100 grams
Use-by date: Between May 30 and September 1, 2014 (instructions on the product labelling allow for storage of up to three months)

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the European Commission that the packaging defects of the above-mentioned smoked trout may allow Clostridium botulinum to grow and cause food poisoning. Although no trace of Clostridium botulinum has been found in the affected product and the use-by date of the product concerned has passed, the British manufacturer has initiated a precautionary recall. A small amount of the affected product has been imported to Hong Kong.

 

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