Prepackaged Ice Cream product not in compliance with Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations

Product name:

Mango & Condensed Milk Ice Cream Bar
Brand: “Yaa Fang”
Place of origin:

Taiwan

Manufacturer: Yaa Fang International Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Net weight:

75g per piece

Use by date:

10.3.2024

Non-compliant test parameters:

Milk solids other than fat less than 7.5%

Detected content:

Milk solids other than fat less than 6.4 %

Declared content:

Not applicable

Sampling location:

A cold store at Tsuen Wan

Remarks:
  1. The affected batch of the product is being kept in cold store and has not entered the market.
  2. According to Regulation 5(1) of the Food and Drugs (Composition And Labelling) Regulations (Cap 132W), if any person advertises for sale, sells or manufactures for sale any food which does not conform to the relevant requirements as to composition prescribed in the Regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
  3. CFS will temporarily suspended the permission to import for sale of the product concerned granted earlier to the importer.
  4. The CFS will inform Taiwan authorities of the incident.
  5. The CFS has inform the concerned importer and continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.