Public health officials in Hong Kong have investigated a number of recent food poisoning cases linked to a range of different foods.
Earlier this week, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health revealed a suspected puffer fish poisoning case and reminded people not to consume puffer
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Almost 30 cases of ciguatera fish poisoning have been recorded so far this year in Vanuatu.
The 27 patients range in age from 6 to 67 years old with the majority aged 35 and older. More men than women have been affected. No deaths have been recorded, said the country’s
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong identified more than 2,000 incidents this past year.
Less than one-fourth, about 440, related to undeclared allergens, according to data from the Food Incident Surveillance System (FISS), which monitors incidents outside Hong Kong.
In 2020, the CFS issued 215 food incident
Continue Reading Hong Kong recorded 2,000 food incidents in 2020
A man is in a critical condition in a hospital in Hong Kong after consuming puffer fish and suffering suspected tetrodotoxin poisoning.
The 65-year-old man developed facial numbness, general weakness and respiratory failure about two hours after eating cooked puffer fish he caught in local waters for lunch at home
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Experts in Belgium have said the risk of Listeria monocytogenes growth in fresh cheeses is low if the pH value is below a certain level by the end of the production process.
The Scientific Committee found, based on challenge tests, the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in soft and semi-hard cheeses
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Ten people from the French island of Réunion who were hospitalized after consuming a meal of pufferfish on Sept. 10 have all been released from the hospital.
According to the Regional Health Agency, Indian Ocean, the victims were affected by the tetrodotoxin in the pufferfish, a neurotoxin which causes
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