Department of Food Safety of Macao

Frozen pangasius fillet

Product name: Vietnam Pangasius Fillet

Brand: Meadows Essentials

Place of origin: Vietnam

Importer: Leader Marine Products Trading Limited

Net weight: 200 grams

Best-before date: March 2, 2024

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) is proactively following up on an imported frozen pangasius fillet sample from Vietnam that tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in Macao. The CFS's initial investigations showed that the affected batch of the product had been imported to Hong Kong.

• The CFS noted an announcement from the Department of Food Safety of Macao that an imported frozen pangasius fillet sample from Vietnam tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The CFS immediately contacted the Macao authority and local importers for follow-up. Initial investigations found that the above-mentioned importer had imported the affected batch of the product and sold it to a supermarket chain.
• The importer and the supermarket concerned have stopped sale of the affected batch of the product, and initiated a recall upon the CFS's instruction.
• The CFS will mark and seal the affected batch of frozen pangasius fillet and arrange its disposal. The CFS will continue to follow up on the incident and step up sampling of similar products for testing.

Stop using or selling the affected batch of the product immediately if possess it.

Not to consume the affected batch of the product concerned and to observe personal, food and environmental hygiene.

The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the importer's hotline at 3656 1388 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.