Supplementary to Question No. in Legco Meeting. 1.6.1988
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Sir, do I take it that there are no
the import of
food ?
DR. IP :
statutory controls
on
cooked
If that is so and if control is at the moment confined to
cooked food, .
sale of how does Government then distinguish
between imported cooked meat and local cooked meat ?-
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE :
Sir, I think
the answer to that question is that the Public
Health and Municipal Services Ordinance and its
regulations do provide for all foodstuffs sold in
Hong Kong, certainly for cooked meat, to meet the
required standards and that the most practical way
of ensuring this is to carry this out at the point
of sale, or
the wholesale level.
I am sure
it makes no difference if one eats cooked meat that
is off, whether it is imported or not.
MR. DESMOND LEE
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Sir, in the event of an
c/such
such as hepatitis or cholera, will
epidemic suc
Government take
additional measures against food
items coming across the Chinese border ?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE :
Certainly,
Sir, if there were such an epidemic and the
indications
consumption
were that it was a result of the
of imported meat,
I
am sure that the
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