Prepackaged rice cake sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
| Product name: |
Matamum Room Temperature Rice Cake (Slice Type) |
| Brand: |
matamun |
| Place of origin: |
South Korea |
| Manufacturer: |
Young Poong Co., Ltd. |
| Net Weight: |
600g |
| Best-before date: |
2026.07.27 |
| Non-compliant test parameters: |
Sodium |
| Detected content: |
240 mg per 100g |
| Declared content: |
270 mg per 200g (i.e.135 mg per 100g) |
| Sampling location: |
A retail shop in Southern District |
| Remarks: |
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The Centre for Food Safety has urged the vendors concerned to stop selling the incriminated batch of the affected product.
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Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
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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.
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The Centre for Food Safety will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
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END/ Thursday, December 4, 2025