Prepackaged chocolate sample not in compliance with nutrition label rules
| Product name: |
Chocolate Bar 88% |
| Brand: |
HACHEZ |
| Place of origin: |
Poland |
| Manufacturer: |
Toms Polska Sp. z.o.o. |
| Net Weight: |
100g |
| Best-before date: |
17.05.2027 |
| Non-compliant test parameters: |
Sodium |
| Detected content: |
16 mg per 100g |
| Declared content: |
8 mg per 100g |
| Sampling location: |
A retail shop in Sai Kung District |
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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.
- Prosecution will be instituted should there be sufficient evidence.
- 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.
- 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 18, 2025