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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31. 1989

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SUPERMARKET FINED FOR IMPROPER LABELLING

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THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED FOOD MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS NOT TO SELL PREPACKAGED WHICH BORE NO PROPER LABELLING AS REQUIRED BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS (CHAPTER 132).

THE PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENING THE REGULATIONS IS A MAXIMUM FINE

OF $25,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

WITH

THE REMINDER FOLLOWS A COURT CASE RECENTLY HEARD IN THE SHA TIN MAGISTRACY IN WHICH A SUPERMAKET IN SHA TIN WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $7,500 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS NAMELY PRESERVED VEGETABLES AND PRESERVED BLACK BEANS. WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MARKED OR LABELLED THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE FOOD, A LIST OF INGREDIENTS, THE ADDRESS OF THE PACKER AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT OF THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD,

THE SUPERMAKET WAS ALSO PENALISED FOR SELLING BONITO JUICE WITH ITS BOTTLE ONLY MARKED IN JAPANESE, CONTRAVENING THE PARAGRAPH 8 OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LAPELLING) REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRES THE LABEL OF PREPACKAGED FOOD TO BE MARKED OR LABELLED IN EITHER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OR THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OR IN BOTH.

THE SUPERMAKET WAS PROSECUTED UNDER REGULATIONS 4(A)1 AND 5(1) OF THE REGULATIONS WHICH WAS MADE UNDER SECTION 55 OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.

IT WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY A TOTAL OF SAMPLE COSTS $32.50.

EARLIER THIS MONTH. TWO SIMILAR CASES INVOLVED A RETAILER AND

A FOOD MANUFACTURER WHO HAD BEEN PROSECUTED PREPACKAGED FOOD NOT MARKED OR LABELLED REGULATIONS.

AND FINED FOR SALE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

AWARD PRESENTATION FOR SAFETY POSTER DESIGN WINNERS

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WINNERS IN THE 1988-89 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL, THE COMPETITION STUDENTS AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 22 FROM SECONDARY POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS,

WAS OPEN ΤΟ SCHOOLS AND

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