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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1990
RETAILERS FINED FOR SELLING IMPROPERLY LABELLED FOOD
BRANCH
TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED
FOOD.
FOOD
THE
THIRD
THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS NOT TO SELL PREPACKAGED WHICH DID NOT BEAR
LABELLING PROPER THE SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.
REQUIRED
BY
THE PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENING THE REGULATIONS IS A MAXIMUM OF $25,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
FINE
IN THE
THE REMINDER FOLLOWS THREE COURT CASES, HEARD RECENTLY
FINED FROM $1,000 CENTRAL MAGISTRACY, IN WHICH THREE RETAILERS WERE TO $2,000.
CHAI WAS IN THE FIRST CASE, A GINSENG MEDICINE COMPANY IN WAN
RED DATES WITH THE FINED A TOTAL OF $1,000 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED
OR DESIGNATION OF PLASTIC BAG NOT MARKED OR LABELLED WITH THE NAME
NAME AND ADDRESS THE FOOD, AN INDICATION OF MINIMUM DURABILITY, THE OF THE MANUFACTURER OR PACKER OF THE FOOD, AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD.
THE
FOOD,
IN THE SECOND CASE, A PROVISION SHOP IN SOUTHERN FINED A TOTAL OF $1,000 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED FROZEN
OR WITH THE CONTAINER NOT MARKED DESIGNATION OF
LIST OF MINIMUM DURABILITY, STATEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, THE NAME AND PACKER OF THE FOOD, NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD.
OF
DISTRICT WAS PLAICE FILLET NAME OR
LABELLED INGREDIENTS,
WITH
THE
INDICATION CONDITIONS SPECIAL STORAGE ADDRESS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT OF THE CONTENTS
AN
OF
OR
OR
OR
THE
IN THE THIRD CASE,
IN
SUPERMARKET
A
JAPANESE,
IN
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT
WAS
ITS
THE
WITH FINED A TOTAL OF $2,000 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED MAYONNAISE
CONTRAVENING PARAGRAPH 8 OF BOTTLE ONLY MARKED THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) OR LABELLING OF PREPACKAGED REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRES THE MARKING
LANGUAGE OR FOOD TO BE IN EITHER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OR THE CHINESE IN BOTH.
OF THE
THESE THREE RETAILERS WERE
ABOVE
REGULATIONS
MADE
SECTION
PROSECUTED UNDER REGULATION
55 UNDER
OF THE
5(1) PUBLIC
HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.
THEY WERE ALSO ORDERED TO PAY THE SAMPLE COSTS.
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