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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1992

PROPER LABELLING FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD A MUST

WHO PREPARED FOR THE PROPERLY

FOOD MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS AND IMPORTERS, PLAN TO INTRODUCE PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS SPECIALLY LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, MUST ENSURE THAT THE FOOD ITEMS ARE LABELLED OR MARKED.

THE

MAKING THE APPEAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

ALL STRESSED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT

FOOD ITEMS IN PREPACKAGED FORM, WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY, MUST BE MARKED PROPERLY BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

REQUIRED

AND

(COMPOSITION

"OFFENDERS, WHEN CONVICTED, MAY PACE A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $25,000 FINE AND SIX MONTHS' JAIL SENTENCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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LAST MONTH ALONE, HE ADDED, TWO FOOD RETAILERS IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN WERE FINED $2,500 AND $750 RESPECTIVELY FOR NOT HAVING PREPACKAGED FOOD ITEMS PROPERLY LABELLED.

THE FOOD ITEMS BISCUITS AND PISTACHIO,

WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MARKED PROPERLY WERE

DESIGNATION THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NAME OR

OF THE

THE FOOD, AND ADDRESS LIST OF INGREDIENTS, THE NAME

OF THE MANUFACTURER OR OF PACKER, THE INDICATION OF MINIMUM DURABILITY, THE NUMERICAL COUNT

VOLUME OF THE THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD OR THE NET FOOD AS STIPULATED IN

SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

THE THIRD

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NEW YEAR POSTER TO SPREAD PITCH-IN MESSAGE

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AN ATTRACTIVE CHINESE NEW YEAR GREETING POSTER TO TIE IN WITH THE YEAR-END CLEAN-UP OPERATION OF THE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS STARTING TUESDAY (JANUARY 21).

PRODUCED BY THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE, THE POSTER FEATURES AN EMBROIDERY SHOWING THE CAMPAIGN MASCOTS, THE DRAGON OF CLEANLINESS (DOC) FAMILY IN A SEA OF CLOUDS.

THE HOLDING A

THE CUTE DOC FAMILY, COMPRISING THE DRAGON OF CLEANLINESS, COUNTRY DRAGON, THE BEACH DRAGON AND TWO KID DRAGONS, IS SCROLL SAYING: "GOOD FORTUNE BESTOWS UPON EVERY HOUSEHOLD".

/SOME 200,000

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