Prepackaged almond juice sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules

Product name:

Almond Juice

Brand:

Chan Yee Jai

Place of origin:

Hong Kong

Manufacturer :

Chan Yee Jai

Net content:

375 mL

Use By date:

28/03/2026

Non-compliant test parameters:

Sugars

Detected content:

45.8g per 100g

Declared content:

3g per 70g (4.29g per 100g)

Sampling location:

A retail shop in Central and Western District

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/Friday, May 16, 2025