XN000022-1993-07-19 — Page 8

MONDAY, JULY 19, 1993

PROPER LABELLING OF PRE-PACKAGED FOOD REQUIRED

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FOOD WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS MUST PROPERLY LABEL OR MARK PRE- PACKAGED FOOD ITEMS, WHETHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY PACKED, AS STIPULATED BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT OFFENDERS WERE SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS UPON CONVICTION.

THE REMINDER WAS ISSUED FOLLOWING TWO RECENT COURT CASES IN WESTERN MAGISTRACY IN WHICH TWO FOOD SHOP OPERATORS IN SHEUNG WAN WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $1,000 AFTER THEY PLEADED GUILTY OF SELLING IMPROPERLY LABELLED PREPACKAGED SWEETENED LOTUS SEED.

THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT THE FOOD WAS NOT MARKED OR LABELLED WITH THE NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE FOOD, THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS + AN INDICATION OF ITS MINIMUM DURABILITY, NAME AND DDRESS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT OF THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD AS REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS.

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TEXTILES TRADERS URGED TO JOIN REGISTRATION SCHEME

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DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED TEXTILES TRADERS THAT CERTAIN INSTANT LICENSING SERVICES WOULD CRASE IN TWO WEEKS' TIME AND URGED THEM то REGISTER UNDER THE TEXTILES TRADER REGISTRATION SCHEME (TTRS).

INSTANT SERVICES DUE TO STOP ON AUGUST 2 ARE THE ISSUANCE OF ALL TEXTILES IMPORT LICENCES, ALL TEXTILES RE-EXPORT LICENCES AND TEXTILES EXPORT LICENCES TO NON-RESTRAINED MARKETS.

FROM THAT DATE, APPROVED LICENCES FOR THE GOODS WILL BE ISSUED TWO CLEAR WORKING DAYS AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS.

"THE TTRS, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE TEXTILE TRADE. EXEMPTS TRADERS FROM APPLYING FOR LICENCES IN RESPECT OF ALL TEXTILES IMPORTS, ALL TEXTILES RE-EXPORTS AND TEXTILES EXPORT NON-RESTRAINED MARKETS.

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"ONCE REGISTERED WITH SCHEME, TRADERS ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, IN LIEU OF A LICENCE, A NOTIFICATION CONTAINING DETAILS OF THE GOODS IN RESPECT OF EACH CONSIGNMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SO FAR, MORE THAN 14,000 TRADERS TTRS, HE SAID.

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