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Latest issue of E-News (17/4/2025)
(1) Street Food Stalls: Food Safety Guidelines for Food Businesses
The CFS has published the "Street Food Stalls: Food Safety Guidelines for Food Businesses". The guideline is applicable to permanent food stalls as well as temporary stalls operating at food exhibitions, festivals, night markets and other public events. It aims to help food business operators and food handlers implement proper food safety measures in their operations to produce and supply safe and wholesome food.
Please click into the webpage to view the guideline:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/files/Street_Food_Stalls_Booklet_eng.pdf
(2) CFS announces test results of targeted surveillance on nutrition labelling of breakfast cereal
The CFS of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department released on April 1 that the test results of a targeted food surveillance project on the nutrition labelling of breakfast cereal. Among 40 samples tested, three samples were found with total fat or saturated fat content inconsistent with the declared values on their nutrition labels, while one sample was found to have a label format on durability indication that was not in compliance with legal requirements. The remaining 36 samples passed the test.
You are most welcome to read the publication at:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/press/20250401_11549.html
(3) Summer Times and Food Safety
From food safety control perspective, iced drinks have potential risk. If the iced drinks are contaminated by bacteria or virus during the preparation, and further kept in improper conditions, the bacteria or virus contained can multiply and cause food poisoning in those who take the drinks.
Please click into the webpage to view more advice for you:
(4) Food Safety Tips for Travellers
With summer approaching, many of you may well be planning to travel abroad. Travelling can be exciting and rewarding, but can also carry potential risks. Contaminated water or food can cause a variety of diseases that range from mild and short-lived symptoms (e.g. vomiting, diarrhoea) to longer and more severe diseases (e.g. cholera, hepatitis A). Travellers should remain vigilant when abroad and take the following precautionary measures to prevent food- or water-borne illness.
Please click into the webpage for details:
Centre for Food Safety
17.4.2025
