Chocolate not in compliance with nutrition label rules

Product name:

Morinaga Carre de Chocolate (Cacao 70)

Brand:

Morinaga

Place of origin:

Japan

Distributor:

The Dairy Farm Co. Ltd.

Net weight:

101g

Best-before date:

30.06.2020

Non-compliant test parameters:

Sodium

Detected content:

8mg/100g

Declared content:

4mg/100g

Sampling location:

A supermarket in Causeway Bay

Remarks:
  1. The CFS has urged the trade to stop selling the incriminated batch 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/Friday, Feb 21, 2020