Product name: Pearl River Bridge Chili Fermented Beancurd
Place of origin: China
Package: 325 grammes per bottle
Best before date: September 20, 2016
Batch number: SZ140135
A sample of bottled fermented bean curd was collected at a supermarket in To Kwa Wan for testing under CFS’ regular Food Surveillance Programme. Test result showed that the sample contained Bacillus cereus at a level of 760 000 per grammes. According to the ‘Microbiological Guidelines for Food’, it is potentially injurious to health or unfit for human consumption if a gramme of ready-to-eat food contains more than 100 000 of Bacillus cereus.
Consuming food contaminated with excessive Bacillus cereus may cause gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting and diarrhoea.
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