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SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1991

PROPER LABELLING FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD A MUST

IMPORTERS, WHO

FOOD MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND PLAN TO INTRODUCE PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR

THE THAT

FOOD ITEMS ENSURE MUST NEW YEAR LUNAR

FESTIVAL, PROPERLY LABELLED OR MARKED.

THE

ARR

OF HEALTH MAKING THE APPEAL. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT STRESSED TODAY (SUNDAY)

IN PREPACKAGED FORM, THAT ALL FOOD ITEMS WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY, MUST BE MARKED PROPERLY AS REQUIRED

THIRD BY THE LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

SCHEDULE

OF

THE

'OFFENDERS WHEN CONVICTED,

FOOD

AND

DRUGS

AND

(COMPOSITION

PENALTY MAXIMUM MAY FACE A

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF

$25,000 FINE AND SIX MONTHS' JAIL SENTENCE, "

FOOD RETAILERS WERE FOOD ITEMS PREPACKAGED

IN RECENT COURT CASES, HE ADDED, SEVEN A TOTAL OF $24,000 FOR NOT PROPERLY LABELLED.

FINED

HAVING

THREE SHOPS

THOSE CONVICTED WERE A RESTAURANT, TWO BAKERIES, AND A DEPARTMENT STORE. THE FINES RANGED FROM $2,000 TO $6,000.

PROPERLY MARKED

INCLUDED THE FOOD ITEMS WHICH HAD NOT BEEN

DRIED SQUID SLICES, MINI- SUKIYAKI THICK NOODLE, DRIED SPICY COD,

SMALL VEGETARIAN MOONCAKES, FRITTER WITH TREACLE, EGG ROLLS, COOKIES, CAKES, PEANUT CANDIES AND PLUM TABLETS.

DURABILITY, THE

THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE FOOD, THE LIST MANUFACTURER OR PACKER, OF INGREDIENTS, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE

NUMBRICAL OF MINIMUM

COUNT OF THE THE INDICATION CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD OR THE NET VOLUME OF THE FOOD, THE STATEMENT OF THE STATEMENT OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR USE AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR STORAGE, AS STIPULATED IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

POLICE ANTI-VICE, DRUGS AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATIONS

*

46,401 OPERATIONS POLICE ARRESTED A TOTAL OF 15,748 PEOPLE IN AGAINST VICÊ, DRUGS AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING ACTIVITIES LAST YEAR.

IN

FIGHT THE WELL AS REGIONAL AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

THAT (SUNDAY) TODAY A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING, NARCOTICS BUREAU AS DISTRICT POLICE OFFICERS CONDUCTED 8,589 RAIDS RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 6,651 PEOPLE.

/"APART FROM