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PROF. POON : Sir, the Secretary said that if any seafood

was found to be unsafe for consumption, the vendor might

be prosecuted. Does this imply that the vendor has a

legal responsibility to make sure that his seafood is safe

for sale through routine testing and analysis of random

samples? If yes, has the Government got any statistics

that vendors have failed to abide by this requirement?

SECRETARY FOR HEAL‍TH AND WELFARE Sir, I understand that

the law does provide for the vendor to be responsible in

these circumstances. But as far as I am aware, during the

last year

year at least, there have been

this particular purpose.

prosecutions for

MR. SOHMEN : Sir,

: as

as I I am not a biologist, my question may

be a bit naive, but since there are toxic and non-toxic

red tides is there any correlation in the incidence of

their occurrence? In other words, do non-toxic red tides

occur more frequently than toxic ones, or vice versa?