CFS follows up on frozen noodle imported from Taiwan suspected to be processed with non-food additive grade chlorine dioxide

Issue Date 1.9.2015
Source of Information

The Taiwanese authorities

Food Product

Three batches of frozen noodles imported from Taiwan into Hong Kong

Product Name and Description

1.
Product name: Frozen Noodle
Manufacturer: E Tong Foods Co. Ltd
Batch Number: 22.06.2016
Best Before Date: June 22, 2016
Weight: 200 grams per pack

2.
Product name: Frozen Noodle
Manufacturer: E Tong Foods Co. Ltd
Batch Number: 09.12.2015
Best Before Date: December 9, 2015
Weight: 600 grams per pack

3.
Product name: Frozen Corn Noodle
Manufacturer: E Tong Foods Co. Ltd
Batch Number: 09.12.2015
Best Before Date: December 9, 2015
Weight: 600 grams per pack

Reason For Issuing Alert

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received a notification from the Taiwanese authorities that a local company there, Sin Fu Chemicals Co. Ltd, has sold non-food additive grade chlorine dioxide to E Tong Foods Co. Ltd for making noodles. The above mentioned three batches of products were imported into Hong Kong through Premier Taste Limited.

Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety

The CFS liaised with the importer concerned and instructed it to stop selling the products in question. The CFS will also mark and seal all its remaining stocks and trace the distribution of the products concerned.

The trade has been alerted to the incident.

The CFS will continue to follow up on the case and liaise with the Taiwanese authorities, and take appropriate actions to safeguard food safety and public health.

Advice to the Trade

Stop using or selling the products concerned

Advice to Consumers

Not to consume the affected batches of the products

Further Information

The CFS press release

Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
2015-9-1

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