Centre for Food Safety (CFS)

Prepackaged yellow boletus

Product name: CanBest - Wild Yellow boletus
Importer and packer: Joinluck Corporation Limited
Net weight: 60 grams per pack
Best-before date: June 30, 2017

Following up on a suspected food poisoning case in relation to the consumption of yellow boletus as notified by the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, the CFS suspected a batch of the product to contain a mixture of species including poisonous species of mushrooms.

The CFS has conducted investigation at a department store in Tai Po . According to the information provided by the department store concerned, the sale of the product has ceased since January this year.

The CFS is also following up with the importer and packer of the product concerned and requested it to stop sale and recall the affected batch of the product, and will trace the source and distribution of the product.

Stop sale and recall the affected batch of the product.

Those who had purchased and still possessed the affected batch of the product to stop consuming it, and to seek medical advice immediately if symptoms develop after consuming the food.

Consumers may call the importer and packer's hotline at 2984 8148 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.

Consumers are advised to heed the following points when buying and eating fresh mushrooms: * Do not buy mushroom products which are doubted to have carried mixing of unknown species; * Do not buy mushrooms which look unhygienic (with growing substrates left with the product) or show signs of spoilage (with coloured spots/abnormal smell/slime, etc); * Wash and cook mushrooms thoroughly before consumption; and * Seek medical treatment immediately if mushroom poisoning is suspected

The CFS press release