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FIVE RETAILERS FINED FOR IMPROPER FOOD LABELLING

FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (FRIDAY) NOT TO SELL FOOD ITEMS IN PREPACKAGED FORM, WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY PACKAGED, WITHOUT PROPER LABELLING AS REQUIRED BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

GIVING THE ADVICE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH POINTED OUT THAT THE PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENING THE REGULATIONS WAS A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

THE REMINDER FOLLOWS RECENT COURT RETAILERS WERE FINED FROM $1,000 TO $4,000.

CASES IN

WHICH FIVE

IN THE FIRST CASE, HEARD IN THE NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY, A BAKERY IN SHAM SHUI PO WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $4,000 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED SLICED BREAD AND COOKIES WITHOUT THE REQUIRED MARKING OR LABELLING.

THE ITEMS DID NOT HAVE THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE FOOD,

THE DURABILITY,

NAME THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS, INDICATION OF MINIMUM AND ADDRESS OF THE MANUFACTURER OR PACKER, THE NUMERCIAL COUNT OF CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OR NET VOLUME OF THE FOOD.

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THE

IN ANOTHER CASE, HEARD IN THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY, A SUPERMARKET IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $1,000 FOR

FROZEN SELLING TWO PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS

MIXED VEGETABLES AND FROZEN BABY CARROTS

WITHOUT MARKING OR LABELLING WITH STORAGE CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FIVE REQUIREMENTS THE THIRD SCHEDULE TO THE REGULATIONS.

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LISTED IN

THE REMAINING THREE CASES WERE HEARD AT THE WESTERN MAGISTRACY. THREE RETAIL OUTLETS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT WERE FINED $1,000 EACH FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS AND FRIED PIG SKIN

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WITHOUT PROPER LABELLING.

RADISH WITH

CHILLI

THE BOTTLE OF RADISH WITH CHILLI SOLD BY ONE OF THE ABOVE

MARKED RETAIL OUTLETS HAD NOT BEEN

OR LABELLED WITH THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS, INDICATION OF MINIMUM DURABILITY, THE NAME AND ADDRESS

MANUFACTURER OR OF THE

PACKER, AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT OF THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OR NET VOLUME OF THE FOOD.

BESIDES NOT HAVING THIS INFORMATION, THE PLASTIC BAG PIG SKIN SOLD BY THE OTHER TWO RETAILERS HAD ALSO NOT BEEN LABELLED WITH THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE FOOD.

OF FRIED MARKED OR

AND DRUGS PUBLIC

THE RETAIL OUTLETS WERE PROSECUTED UNDER THE FOOD

SECTION 56 (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS, HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.

OF THE

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