Boxed cookies not in compliance with nutrition label rules
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Product name:
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Chef Nic's Cookies (甜酸苦辣)
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Brand:
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Chef Nic's Cookies
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Place of origin:
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Hong Kong
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Distributor:
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Fortune Cookies Limited
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Net weight:
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350 g
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Best-before date:
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October 8, 2018
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Non-compliant test parameters :
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Sugars
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Detected content:
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15.8 grams per 100g
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Declared content:
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3 grams per 100g
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Sampling location:
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A retail outlet in Central
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Remarks:
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The vendor had already removed all batches of the affected products previously upon CFS's advice. The CFS reiterated that the trade should stop selling and remove from shelves the affected products.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- The CFS is tracing the distribution of the affected product.
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According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction
- The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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END/Monday, July 16, 2018