Department of Food Safety of Macao

Frozen beef abomasum

Product details are as follows:

Product name: Frozen beef offals abomasum

Brand: COTO

Place of origin: Argentina

Expiry date: March 25 to July 16, 2023

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

• The CFS noted an announcement from the Department of Food Safety of Macao earlier that an imported frozen beef abomasum sample from Argentina had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The CFS immediately contacted the Macao authority and local importers for follow-up. Initial investigations found that PMI (Hong Kong) Food Services Limited had imported the affected batch of frozen beef abomasum.
• For the sake of prudence, the CFS has instructed the importer concerned to stop sale of the affected batch of the product, and initiate a recall.
• The CFS will mark and seal the affected batch of frozen beef abomasum 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 they possess it.

• For prudence's sake, 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 3922 7300 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.