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SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990

ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAMME'S COMPETITIONS AND GAMES IS TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 853 2566.

FREE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA

REPRESENTATIVES

ARE INVITED ΤΟ COVER THE CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN INTER-HONG PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 9.30 AM TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE WAN CIVIC CENTRE INDOOR GAMES HALL.

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REMINDER ON PROPER LABELLING FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD

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THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS THAT FOOD ITEMS IN PREPACKAGED FORM, WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY PACKED, MUST BE PROPERLY LABELLED AS REQUIRED UNDER THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $25,000 IN FINE

AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

THE REMINDER FOLLOWED A RECENT CASE AT THE CENTRAL MAGISTRACY IN WHICH A SUPERMARKET IN BASTERN DISTRICT WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $8,000 FOR SELLING FOUR PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS WITHOUT PROPER MARKING OR LABELLING.

THE FOOD ITEMS ARE POMEGRANATE AND HORSE RADISH, FERMENTED SOYABEANS, CUPID MAYONNAISE AND RETORT PACKAGED COOKED RICE.

THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF LIST OF INGREDIENTS, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PACKER, THE INDICATION OF MINIMUM DURABILITY AND SPECIAL STORAGE CONDITIONS OR INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE IN OR CHINESE OR IN BOTH LANGUAGES.

THE FOOD, THE MANUFACTURER OR STATEMENTS OF ENGLISH

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