Metallic contaminant exceeds legal limit in prepackaged frozen yellow croaker fish fillet sample
| Food name: |
Yellow Croaker Fish Fillet (Head off/ Gutted/ Scale off) |
| Brand: |
Ocean Man |
| Net Weight: |
400g |
| Place of origin: |
China |
| Best-Before date: |
May 9, 2024 |
| Metallic contaminant: |
Inorganic Arsenic |
| Detected level: |
0.326 parts per million |
| Maximum level of metal: |
0.1 parts per million |
| Sampling location: |
A supermarket in Tai Po |
| Remarks: |
- The Centre for Food Safety has instructed the vendors to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
- According to the Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations (Cap 132V), any person who sells food with metallic contamination above the legal limit may be prosecuted and is liable upon conviction to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.
- The Centre for Food Safety will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the unsatisfactory result, including tracing the source of the food in question and taking sample for testing.
- Investigation is ongoing.
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END/ Friday, October 21, 2022