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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) this morning (May 22) raided an unlicensed food factory at Tuen Tsz Wai, Tuen Mun, and seized about 350 kilogrammes of frozen pork and offal.
A man was charged with operating a food factory business without a licence.
Under the Food Business Regulation, the maximum penalty for operating an unlicensed food factory is a fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment.
"We will continue to take stringent enforcement action against unlicensed food business to safeguard food safety and public health," an FEHD spokesman said.
"People should report such illegal activities through the 1823 Call Centre."
Ends/Friday, May 22, 2009
Issued at HKT 15:58
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