Centre for Food Safety (CFS)

Prepackaged seasoning

Product name: Chili Powder

Brand: SPICE ISLANDS

Manufactured in: US

Net weight: 2.4oz (68 grams)

Best-before date: April 19, 2027

Distributor : SIMS Trading Co. Ltd.

Hotline: 2262 1587

Product name: Ground Nutmeg

Brand: BADIA

Packed in: US

Net weight: 2oz (56.7 grams)

Best-before date: December 2024

Importer: Baking Warehouse.com

Hotline: 2172 6916

Product name: BASIL LEAVES

Brand: BADIA

Packed in: US

Net weight: 4oz (113.4 grams)

Best-before date: December, 2026

Distributor: Prime Fortune (Asia) Limited

Hotline: 2366 3330

• The CFS collected the above-mentioned samples from a supermarket in Causeway Bay and two online shops respectively for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test results showed that the samples contained a pesticide, ethylene oxide.
• The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified ethylene oxide as a Group 1 carcinogen.
• According to the Pesticide Residues in Food Regulation (Cap. 132CM), a food for human consumption containing pesticide residue may only be sold if consumption of the food is not dangerous or prejudicial to health.

• The CFS has informed the vendors concerned of the irregularities and instructed them to stop sale and remove from shelves the affected products.
• According to the CFS’s instructions, the distributor(s) / importer(s) concerned have initiated recalls on the affected products.

• The trade should stop using or selling the affected products concerned immediately if they possess any of them.

• Members of the public not to consume the affected products if they have bought any.

The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the respective hotlines above during office hours for enquiries about the recalls of the products concerned.

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