In Hong Kong, the Maxim's Cakes had used the incriminated lard 「全統香豬油」 produced by the Chang Guann Co., Ltd in making its pineapple buns. The vendor concerned had taken the affected product off the shelves and stopped using the incriminated lard. Besides, two kinds of products manufactured by Wei Chuan Foods Corporation with substandard lard had been exported to Hong Kong. The CFS has alerted the trade to stop sale of these products and issued a food alert on the products.

If you are the importer involved in Food Safety Order, you should:

1. Immediately conduct a stock take of the storage facilities and isolate any remaining stock of the food specified in Food Safety Order.
2. Set up telephone enquiry service to handle enquiries related to recall of the food specified in Food Safety Order as soon as possible.
3. Immediately notify all known distributors of the recall and its arrangement.
4. Inform FEHD (Email: dmylam@fehd.gov.hk, Fax: 2776 5226), upon commencement of recall, of detailed description of the products to be recalled and the recall period.
5. Display posters of not less than A4 size (21cm x 30cm) at a conspicuous location on the importer's premises. The posters shall have:
   1. the heading ‘Food/Product's Name – Recall Announcement';
   2. the description and brand (if any) of the food;
   3. picture(s) of the food;
   4. details of the recall arrangement (such as period of recall, place of recall or return of the food);
   5. the full name, address and telephone number of the recalling importer; and
   6. the telephone enquiry service for the recall.
6. Retract the food concerned returned by distributor(s), retailer(s) or consumers. Report to FEHD within two working days upon completion of recall for advice on final disposal of the recalled food and any remaining stock.
7. Submit report to FEHD within one week from the date of completion of recall, and the report should contain the following information:
   1. the names of the companies, organizations or persons from whom the food was returned;
   2. the description of the recalled food and the amount of the food returned;
   3. the description and amount of any remaining stock;
   4. a reconciliation between the delivered and recovered quantities of the food, as well as the stock in hand; and
   5. the final disposal of the returned food and any remaining stock.

1. Immediately conduct a stock take of the storage facilities, isolate any remaining stock of the food specified in Food Safety Order and return the food concerned to the supplier.
2. Set up a telephone enquiry service to handle enquiries related to recall of the food specified in Food Safety Order as soon as possible.
3. Immediately notify all known retailer(s) and consumers of the recall and its arrangement.
4. Inform FEHD (Email: Food_Recall_Notification@fehd.gov.hk, Fax: 2521 4784), upon commencement of recall, of detailed description of the products to be recalled and the recall period.
5. Display posters of not less than A4 size (21cm x 30cm) at a conspicuous location on the distributors' premises. The posters shall have:
   1. the heading ‘Food/Product's Name – Recall Announcement',
   2. the description and brand (if any) of the food;
   3. picture(s) of the food;
   4. details of the recall arrangement (such as period of recall, place of recall or return of the food);
   5. the full name, address and telephone number of the recalling trader(s)/ organization(s)/person(s); and
   6. the telephone enquiry service for the recall.
6. Retract the food returned by retailer(s) or consumers and return to the supplier.
7. Keep records of recalled food, including :
   1. a description of the food returned such as brand and product name, size, identifying codes;
   2. the date and quantity of food returned; and
   3. the disposal of the food, for example, returned to the supplier(s).
8. Report to FEHD within two working days upon completion of recall, the quantity and description of the recalled food and any remaining stock, and the date of return to the supplier.

1. Immediately stop sale and use of all the food specified in Food Safety Order, and return them to the supplier.
2. Immediately remove from the shelves all the food specified in Food Safety Order, and return the food concerned to the supplier. In case there is no supplier, the food concerned should be properly destroyed by the retailer.
3. Keep record on quantity and description of the food such as brand and product name, size, identifying codes, and date of return to the supplier (or destruction as appropriate) of the food concerned; and report the same to FEHD (Email: Food_Recall_Notification@fehd.gov.hk, Fax: 2521 4784) within two working days upon return to the supplier (or destruction as appropriate) of the food concerned.

If an edible oil sample is found to contain B[a]P at level equal or greater than 20μg/kg, the derived MOE will be lower than 10,000, indicating a public health concern. As such, CFS would take enforcement action in accordance with Section 54¹ of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132), and initiate a mandatory recall of the edible oil concerned. If an edible oil sample is found to contain B[a]P at level greater than 10μg/kg but lower than 20μg/kg, the derived MOE will be higher than 10,000, indicating that the public health concern is low. Nevertheless, under such scenario, CFS may still take enforcement action in accordance with Section 52² of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132).

¹ Section 54 of the Ordinance also stipulates that all food (including cooking oil) for sale must be fit for human consumption.

² Section 52 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) provides that if any person sells to the prejudice of a purchaser any food which is not of the nature, or not of the substance, or not of the quality, of the food demanded by the purchaser, he shall be guilty of an offence.