French authorities have warned the public about the risks of confusing toxic and edible plants after the death of a man last month.
In June, a 63-year-old man died after eating water hemlock — also
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Hepatitis A cases increase in Hong Kong; source unknown
Officials in Hong Kong have issued a warning because of a rise in Hepatitis A cases since October.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reminded the public to maintain strict
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Only 4 samples fail food safety tests during March in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) Monday released the findings of its food safety report for March. The results of about 12,000 food samples tested were satisfactory except for four samples. The overall satisfaction
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Irish raw milk cheese recalled around world because of Listeria
A Listeria related recall in mid-October of organic, raw milk cheddar cheese announced by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has made it half way around the world, with authorities in Hong Kong posting a
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Dutch egg recall for insecticide contamination spans the globe
Dutch egg producers’ practice of mixing the toxic insecticide Fipronil with a cleaning agent and sanitizer known as “Dega 16” for use around chickens has apparently led to the world’s largest recall of shell eggs
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Recall information takes days to reach Hong Kong from Canada
Despite instantaneous communication technology, word of a recall of flour linked to an E. coli outbreak in Canada did not reach Hong Kong until after all of the implicated exported flour had been sold at
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Bird flu deaths bring live poultry market ban in Hunan province
Live poultry sales are being shut down in China’s central Hunan province because one strain of bird flu has turned deadly for people. Americans are being cautioned about the outbreak, but are not being warned
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Hong Kong’s food safety center reports monthly, yearly data
Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS), a unit of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has released the findings of its food safety report for December 2016 and surveillance information for 2016.
Only 13
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American Thanksgiving in Hong Kong was served with Salmonella
At least 33 customers of an American restaurant were sickened from the turkey served as part of a Thanksgiving dinner.
The restaurant, Dan Ryan’s, is cooperating with the investigation into the illnesses by Hong Kong’s
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Hairy crabs taking dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs into Hong Kong
Among six hairy crab samples — three collected at the import level and three from retail sales — Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety recently found one with levels of dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls
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One child dead; Salmonella outbreak ‘may not have peaked yet’
A Salmonella outbreak in Europe that may have been ongoing since 2012 is believed to be responsible for the recent death of a child in Croatia and is suspected to be wider spread than originally
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