CFS follows up ice-cream sample detected with coliform count exceeding legal limit
| Issue Date | 27.6.2015 |
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| Source of Information | Centre for Food Safety (CFS) |
| Food Product | Ice-cream |
| Product Name and Description | Product name: Sesame Swirl Gelato |
| Reason For Issuing Alert | The CFS following up on an unsatisfactory ice-cream sample collected from Great Food Hall at Two Pacific Place, Queensway earlier, the CFS took samples from the premises for testing again. Test result showed that one of the samples contained a coliform count of 190 per gram, exceeding the legal limit. Under the Frozen Confections Regulation (Cap 132 sub leg AC), each gram of frozen confection for sale should not contain more than 100 coliform organisms. The fact that the coliform count exceeded the legal limit indicated that the hygienic conditions were unsatisfactory, but did not mean that consumption would lead to food poisoning. |
| Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety | The CFS has informed the vendor concerned of the irregularity and instructed it to stop selling all batches of the affected ice-cream immediately. According to the information provided by the vendor concerned, the supermarket chain concerned has stopped sale and removed from shelves the affected ice-cream. |
| Advice to the Trade | Stop using or selling the kind of product concerned immediately. |
| Advice to Consumers | Stop consuming the kind of ice-cream, regardless of batches purchased. |
| Further Information |
Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
2015-6-27