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Food Safety Focus


¡§Food Safety Focus¡¨ provides a channel of communication between the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) and the general public. Its main objectives are to arouse the awareness of the community on current food safety issues, both local and overseas, as well as the actions undertaken by the CFS in relation to these issues; to provide professional and easy-to-understand information on various food hazards and their public health risks and to promote food safety through enhancing communication with the food trade and public.

 
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Food Safety Focus (70th Issue, May 2012) NEW
¡E Tracking Dietary Sodium
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¡E From Algae to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
¡E Expiry Date: Safety Vs Quality
¡E Radioactivity Detected in Japanese Green Tea Leaves
Food Safety Focus (69th Issue, April 2012)
¡E Review of Food Poisoning Outbreaks Related to Food Premises and Food Business in 2011
¡E Ciguatoxins, Fish and Food Poisoning
¡E Caramel Colourings in Cola Drinks
Food Safety Focus (68th Issue, March 2012)
¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2011
¡E Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Food Safety
¡E Consuming Undercooked Pig Liver May Cause Hepatitis E Infection
Food Safety Focus (67th Issue, February 2012)
¡E Aflatoxins in Milk
¡E The Fowl, Avian Flu and the Food
¡E Assessing the Risk of Pesticide Residues in Vegetables
Food Safety Focus (66th Issue, January 2012)
¡E Total Diet Study on Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds
¡E Zoonoses and Food Safety
¡E Opium Poppy Capsules and Spicy Hotpots
Food Safety Focus (65th Issue, December 2011)
¡E From ¡§One Drop of Incense¡¨ to Flavourings
¡E Process Contaminants in Fermented and Acid Hydrolysed Food
¡E Staphylococcus aureus in Frozen Dumplings
Food Safety Focus (64th Issue, November 2011)
¡E Lean Meat Agents in Meat Products
¡E Dry-heat Cooking and Process Contaminants
¡E Copper in Oyster
¡EListeria monocytogenes in Cantaloupe
Food Safety Focus (63rd Issue, October 2011)
¡E Vegetables and Chromium Contamination
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¡E Process Contaminants in Food
¡E Use of Caustic Soda in Sea Cucumber
¡E Nitrite and Nitrate Levels in Bird¡¦s Nest
Food Safety Focus (62nd Issue, September 2011)
¡E In Search of Safe Shrimp Sashimi
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¡E Pesticides of Relatively Low Risk to the Public
¡E Red Tide and Food Safety
¡E Nitrites in Blood-red Bird¡¦s Nest
Food Safety Focus (61st Issue, August 2011)
¡E Have You Taken Enough Iodine?
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¡E Obsolete Pesticides - What Is Wrong?
¡E Mushroom Poisoning
Food Safety Focus (60th Issue, July 2011)
¡E Plasticisers and Food Safety
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¡E What are Plant Growth Regulators?
¡E Outbreaks of Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli Infection in Germany and France
Food Safety Focus (59th Issue, June 2011)
¡E The Abuse of Plasticisers in Food
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¡E Pesticides and Pests
¡E Bisphenol A (BPA) in Coca-cola Cans
¡E Nuclear Incident and Seafood Safety
Food Safety Focus (58th Issue, May 2011)
¡E Radioactive Contamination and the Food Chain Facebook Share  PDF
¡E Right Chemical for Right Food at Right Level ¡V A Key for the Use of Food Additives
¡E Calcium Oxalate Food Poisoning
Food Safety Focus (57th Issue, April 2011)
¡E Food Safety Responses to Nuclear Power Plant Incident in Japan
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¡E Abuse of Certain Chemicals as Food Additives
¡E Leanness-enhancing Agents in Pork
¡E Canola Oil and Food Safety
Food Safety Focus (56th Issue, March 2011)
¡E Reveiw of Food Poisoning related to Food Premises and Food Business in 2010
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¡E Radiation and Food Safety
¡E Abuse of Hydrolysed Leather Protein in Milk Products
¡E Cadmium in Rice
Food Safety Focus (55th Issue, February 2011)
¡E Reveiw of Food Incidents in 2010
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¡E Bisphenol A (BPA) and Food Contact Materials
¡E Hot Pot Flavouring Agent "One Drop of Incense"
¡E Update on Dioxins Contamination Incident in Germany
Food Safety Focus (54th Issue, January 2011)
¡E Hepatitis E Virus in Food
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¡E Nanotechnology and Food Safety
¡E Dioxins Contamination Incident in Germany
Food Safety Focus (53rd Issue, December 2010)
¡E Food Safety Responses in case of a Nuclear Event
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¡E The Magic of Antioxidants
¡E Safe Use of PET Disposable Bottles
¡E Food Poisoning and Consumption of Sea Turtles
Food Safety Focus (52nd Issue, November 2010)
¡E Clonorchis sinensis in Raw Freshwater Fish
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¡E Breaking the Mythical Preservatives¡¦ Code
¡E Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula
¡E Oxalic Acid in Crab Wash?!
Food Safety Focus (51st Issue, October 2010)
¡E Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
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¡E Matchmaking of Food and Preservatives
¡E Sulphur Dioxide in Fresh Beef
¡E Mercury in Black Cod and Swordfish
Food Safety Focus (50th Issue, September 2010)
¡E Sex Hormones in Milk
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¡E Preservatives - A Powerful Weapon to Combat Microorganisms in Our Foods
¡E Salmonella in Shell Eggs
¡E Crayfish and Rhabdomyolysis in the Mainland
Food Safety Focus (49th Issue, August 2010)
¡E Nitrate and Nitrite in Vegetables and Infant Feeding
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¡E More about Nutrition Label
¡E Mercury in Canned Luncheon Meat
Food Safety Focus (48th Issue, July 2010)
¡E Food Colours and Hyperactivity in Children
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¡E Nutrition Claims- A Quick Reference for Choosing Foods
¡E Bacillus cereus in Milk Drink
¡E Fungus in Sports Drinks
Food Safety Focus (47th Issue, June 2010)
¡E More about Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Food
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¡E Nutrition Labelling and Public Health
¡E Soluble Coffee in Jars Susceptible to Breakage
¡E Scallop
Food Safety Focus (46th Issue, May 2010)

¡E Botulism and Vacuum Packed Food

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¡E Steviol Glycosides - Sugar Substitutes from Herb

¡E Listeria Monocytogenes in Cocktail Sausages
¡E Volcanic Ash and Food Safety
Food Safety Focus (45th Issue, April 2010)

¡E Food Poisoning Outbreaks Related to Food Premises and Food Business in Hong Kong

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¡E Neotame ¡V A Powerful and Safe Sweetener

¡E Immunocompromised Patients and Food Safety
¡E Hepatitis A and Semi-dried Tomatoes
Food Safety Focus (44th Issue, March 2010)
¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2009
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¡E Sugar Substitutes - Sweeteners
¡E Melamine in Milk Products
¡E Salmonella in Granola Bars
Food Safety Focus (43rd Issue, February 2010)
¡E Frozen Scallops and Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
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¡E Microwave Cooking and Food Safety
¡E Aluminium in Jellyfish
¡E Jellyfish
Food Safety Focus (42nd Issue, January 2010)
¡E Formaldehyde in Noodlefish
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¡E Safety and Labelling of Irradiated Food
¡E Iodine and Soy Milk
¡E Seaweed
Food Safety Focus (41st Issue, December 2009)
¡E Hepatitis A Virus in Semi-dried Tomatoes
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¡E Food Irradiation
¡E Bisphenol A in Canned Foods
¡E Nitrofurans in Abalone
Food Safety Focus (40th Issue, November 2009)
¡E Bacillus cereus in "Poon Choi"
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¡E Food Processing Technology to Minimise Food Hazards
¡E Lead in Dried Plum
¡E Grass Carp
Food Safety Focus (39th Issue, October 2009)
¡E Ethyl Carbamate and Alcohol
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¡E Organic Food Safety
¡E Health Issue of Disposable Tray Liner
¡E Hairy Crab
Food Safety Focus (38th Issue, September 2009)
¡E Pesticide Residues in Fruits
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¡E Animal Cloning and Food Safety
¡E Cadmium in Brazil Mushroom
¡E Food Poisoning Outbreaks Related to Buffets
Food Safety Focus (37th Issue, August 2009)
¡E Boric Acid and Borax in Food
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¡E Genetically Modified Food ¡V Antibiotic Resistance Marker Gene
¡E Mircobiological Quality of Ice-cream and Frozen Confections
¡E Melamine in Food
Food Safety Focus (36th Issue, July 2009)    
¡E Benzene in Soft Drinks
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¡E Genetically Modified Food - Allergenicity and Safety Assessment
¡E Sudan Dyes in Food
¡E Methylmercury in Shark Fins
Food Safety Focus (35th Issue, June 2009)    
¡E Aluminium in Food
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¡E Genetically Modified Food - An Overview
¡E Tea Leaves and Pesticides
¡E Non-food Grade Gelatin and Food Safety
Food Safety Focus (34th Issue, May 2009)    
¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2008
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¡E Nutrient and Health - Sodium
¡E Human Swine Influenza (Influenza A/H1N1) and Consumption of Pork
Food Safety Focus (33rd Issue, April 2009)    
¡E Melamine-ware and Food Safety
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¡E Nutrient and Health - Cholesterol
¡E Benzoic Acid in Milk
¡E More on the Rapid Alert System
Food Safety Focus (32nd Issue, March 2009)    
¡E Food Safety and People with Lower Immunity
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¡E Nutrient and Health - Fats
¡E Oilfish and Diarrhoea
¡E The Addition of Osteoblast Milk Protein in Milk
Food Safety Focus (31st Issue, February 2009)    
¡E Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the United States Associated with Peanut Butter
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¡E Nutrient and Health - Carbohydrates: Sugars
¡E Red 2G in Melon Seeds and Chinese Sausage
¡E The Rapid Alert System ¡V A Rapid Means to Alert the Food Trade
Food Safety Focus (30th Issue, January 2009)    
¡E Dioxins in Irish Pork
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¡E Nutrient and Health - Carbohydrates: Starch and Dietary Fibre
¡E Benzoyl Peroxide in Flour
Food Safety Focus (29th Issue, December 2008)    
¡E Bacteria on Eggs - Should Eggs be Washed?
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¡E Nutrient and Health : Energy and Protein
¡E Strange Smell in Water Packaged in Plastic Bottles
¡E Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Bivalve Shellfish
Food Safety Focus (28th Issue, November 2008)    
¡E Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula
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¡E Nutrient and Health: Maintain Optimal Nutrient Intake
¡E Melamine Contamination in Eggs
Food Safety Focus (27th Issue, October 2008)    
¡E Melamine Tainted Milk and Milk Products
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¡E Biological Hazard in Food - Parasites
¡E Desiccant and Food Safety
Food Safety Focus (26th Issue, September 2008)    
¡E Cadmium in Rice
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¡E Biological Hazard in Food ¡V Viruses
¡E Coliform and Soft Ice-cream
Food Safety Focus (25th Issue, August 2008)    
¡E Nitrate in Food
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¡E Biological Hazard in Food ¡V Pathogenic Bacteria (Part II)
¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins and American Lobster Tomalley
¡E Salmonella and Hot Peppers
Food Safety Focus (24th Issue, July 2008)      
¡E Coliforms in Milk - Presence of Bad Bugs?
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¡E Biological Hazards in Food - Pathogenic Bacteria (Part I)
¡E Salmonella and Tomato
Food Safety Focus (23rd Issue, June 2008)    
¡E Trans Fats - Part 2
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¡E Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food ¡V Food Safety Implication
¡E Vibrio vulnificus and Food Safety
¡E Clostridium botulinum and Pesto Sauce
Food Safety Focus (22nd Issue, May 2008)    
¡E Mercury in Fish and Food Safety
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¡E Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food - An Overview
¡E Cantaloupes and Salmonella
¡E Watercress and Parasitic Infection
Food Safety Focus (21st Issue, April 2008)    
¡E The Troublemaker in Gravies: Clostridium perfringens and food poisoning
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¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part III)
¡E Arsenic in Pear Juice
¡E Aflatoxins in Peanut Products
Food Safety Focus (20th Issue, March 2008)      
¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2007
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¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part II)
¡E Petroleum Products in Salmon
¡E Disposable Food Containers and Their Safety
Food Safety Focus (19th Issue, February 2008)    
¡E Cyanide Poisoning and Cassava
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¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part I)
¡E Methamidophos and Dumplings
¡E Scombroid Fish Poisoning
Food Safety Focus (18th Issue, January 2008)    
¡E Heavy Metals in Dried Oysters
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¡E Mercury and Food Safety
¡E Bromate in Food
¡E Nitrofuran, Malachite Green and Canned Pork Products
Food Safety Focus (17th Issue, December 2007)  

¡E Sulphur Dioxide in Meat

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¡E Arsenic and Food Safety

¡E Salmonella in Seed Products

¡E Listeria monocytogenes and Mussels

Food Safety Focus (16th Issue, November 2007)

¡E Trans Fats in Foods

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¡E Cadmium and Food Safety

¡E Metal Pieces Found in Yoghurt

¡E Scorpion Stings and Langsat

Food Safety Focus (15th Issue, October 2007)

¡E Preservatives in Dried Fruits and Pickled Vegetables

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¡E Lead Exposure in Our Everyday Life

¡E Avian Influenza Viruses and Food Safety

¡E Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula

Food Safety Focus (14th Issue, September 2007)

¡E Leanness-enhancing Agents in Pork

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¡E Overview of Metallic Contaminants in Food

¡E Organic Contaminants in Local Mussels

¡E Shigella in Baby Carrots

Food Safety Focus (13th Issue, August 2007)

¡E Foodborne Botulism

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¡E Natural Toxins in Food Plants

¡E Salmonella in Snacks

¡E Formaldehyde in Creamy Candies

Food Safety Focus (12th Issue, July 2007)

¡E Listeria monocytogenes and its Control

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¡E Natural Toxic Substances in Seafood

¡E Sudan Dye in Rice Dumplings

¡E Copper Sulphate and Wrapping Leaves for Rice Dumplings

Food Safety Focus (11th Issue, June 2007)

¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

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¡E An Overview of Natural Toxins in Food

¡E Food Poisoning Caused by Wild Mushrooms

¡E Contamination of Animal Feed with Melamine and Food Safety

Food Safety Focus (10th Issue, May 2007)

¡E Arsenic in Food

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¡E Food Additives: Safety and Hazards

¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Scallops

¡E E. coli O157:H7 in Meat Products

Food Safety Focus (9th Issue, April 2007)

¡E Tetrodotoxin Poisoning

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¡E Allergens in Food

¡E Patients Suffering from Kidney Diseases Should Refrain from Eating Star Fruit

¡E Poisoning Caused by Grass Carp Gall Bladder

Food Safety Focus (8th Issue, March 2007)

¡E Listeria monocytogenes in Food

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¡E Sweeteners in Food

¡E Cadmium in Oysters

¡E Safety of Basil Seeds

Food Safety Focus (7th Issue, February 2007)

¡E Oilfish Consumption and Oily Diarrhoea

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¡E Colouring Matter in Food

¡E DDT Residues and Food Safety

¡E Listeria and Individuals at Risk

Food Safety Focus (6th Issue, January 2007)

¡E Formaldehyde in Food

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¡E Preservatives in Food

¡E Vitamin K: A Brief Encounter

¡E Stevioside Used as Sweetener in Food

Food Safety Focus (5th Issue, December 2006)

¡E Sudan Dyes in Food

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¡E Chemicals in Food: Overview of Food Additives

¡E Nitrofurans Residues Found in Marine Fish

¡E Malachite Green Found in Freshwater Fish

Food Safety Focus (4th Issue, November 2006)

¡E CFS Investigated Food Poisoning Cases Related to Raw Oysters from the Same Supplier

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¡E Overview of Chemical Hazards

¡E Botulism and Pasteurized Carrot Juice

Food Safety Focus (3rd Issue, October 2006)

¡E E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Associated with Bagged Fresh Spinach in the US

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¡E Overview of Biological Hazards

¡E Arsenic in Fish

¡E Mercury in Seafood

Food Safety Focus (2nd Issue, September 2006)

¡E Endosulfan Detected in Eels Exported to Japan from Mainland China

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¡E Hazard and Risk in Food Safety (Part II)

¡E Danger of Eating Raw or Undercooked Freshwater Animals

¡E What Constitutes an Incident/Food Safety Case?

Food Safety Focus (1st Issue, August 2006)

¡E Recall of Salmonella Contaminated Chocolate Products in the United Kingdom

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¡E Hazard and Risk in Food Safety (Part I)

¡E Food Poisoning Cases Traced to Raw Sea Urchins from the Same Supplier

¡E New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) advised the public not to consume uncooked oysters imported from Korea

 

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