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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) yesterday (January 13) arrested a man at a fish stall in Hung Hom Market, Kowloon for allegedly extracting seawater from the Tuen Mun seashore, a prohibited area, for keeping live fish intended for human consumption.
The man, aged 54, was bailed out pending further investigation.
A spokesman for the FEHD said today (January 14), "To protect public health, the Food Business Regulation specifies that no person should extract, supply, deliver and use seawater from a prohibited area for keeping, in the course of food business, any live fish or shellfish that is intended for human consumption."
Offenders will be liable to a maximum fine of $10,000 and three months' imprisonment.
The prohibited areas include Victoria Harbour, 14 typhoon shelters, areas along the shoreline of Hong Kong Island (including Ap Lei Chau) and along the western shoreline of the New Territories (including Tsing Yi).
Ends/Friday, January 14, 2011
Issued at HKT 15:58
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