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Page 157 of 606
PROVISIONAL URBAN COUNCIL
(translation)
Statistical Table to Analyse Causes of 12 Food Incidents in the Past Year and a Half
Description of 12 food incidents from January 1997 to June 1998 (incidents of public concern as reported by the media)
Date (date of incident quoted as a period) Incidents resulted from import causes Incidents resulted from local causes Food incidents resulted from no quarantine system and reliance on health certificates from export countries (Agriculture and Fisheries Department) Incidents caused by CTOSS Incidents caused by new virus or no contamination Incidents caused by those seldom discovered On 35 as a result of slack enforcement in Hong Kong Improvements to ordinances Incidents resulted from the two amendments to policies and law Incidents resulted from no pending work and thereby affecting municipal councils and law enforcement councils Incidents resulted from municipal councils urging government departments to establish or improve management system and enforcement measures 97/3 Scare over reported Bacillus Anthracis infection in milk products imported from Australia (quarantine on first entrance, sample checking at ordinary times) 97/3 O-157:H7 E-coli in beef 97/5 Cholera (from contaminated well water) 97/10 Listeria in Dreyer's Ice-cream (quarantine on first entrance, sample checking at ordinary times)Page