Prepackaged candy not in compliance with nutrition label rules

Product name:

Select Blackcurrant Flavoured Pastilles (140g)

Brand:

Select

Place of origin:

China

Distributor/Manufacturer:

Distributor : PARKnSHOP (HK) Ltd.

Net weight:

140g

Best-before date:

Jun 24, 2019

Non-compliant test parameters:

Protein

Detected content:

Not detected

Declared content:

0.7g per 100g

Sampling location:

A supermarket in Kowloon Tong

Remarks:

  1. The CFS has urged the trade to stop selling and removing from shelves all batches of the affected product.
  2. Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
  3. The CFS is tracing the distribution of the affected product.
  4. 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.
  5. The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.

END/Wednesday, August 22, 2018