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Any person who imports, distils, makes,
manufactures, sells, exposes for sale or has in his
possession for sale, supplies or deals in any adulterated
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liquor and I am advised wine contaminated with diethylene
glycol falls into this category commits an offence under
section 61 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109)
liable to a fine of $100,000, imprisonment for two years
and forfeiture of such stock. It is also an offence under
the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance to sell any
food, including an alcoholic beverage, which is unfit for
human consumption.
4.
Although the Food and Drug (Composition and
Labelling) Regulations do not generally apply to alcoholic
beverages, the amendment regulations made by Your Excellency
in Executive Council yesterday include a provision that if
any alcoholic beverage is marked or labelled with a list
of ingredients, it shall conform in all respects with the
requirements of the new regulations. With these various
provisions, the prompt action and warning to the public by
the Customs Service, and the wide publicity given to the
whole incident in the media, I am satisfied the public have
adequate protection.