Prepackaged shumai sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules

Product name: 京醍醐點心肉肉燒賣
Brand: 京醍醐點心
Place of origin: Japan
Distributor: 一方食品亞洲有限公司
Quanility: 360g
Best Before: 11/1/2023
Non-compliant test parameters: Sugars
Detected content: 3.4 g/100g
Declared content: 1.8 g/100g
Sampling location: A retail shop in North Point
Remarks:
  1. The Centre for Food Safety has urged the vendors concerned to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.

  2. Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.

  3. 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.

  4. The Centre for Food Safety will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.

END/ Aug 11, 2022 (Thursday)