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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) early this morning (February 24) raided an unlicensed cold store which contained about six metric tonnes of frozen meat including pork chops and chicken steaks with official health certificates, on Yick Yuen Road, Tuen Mun.
A 41-year-old man arrested in the operation was charged with operating an unlicensed cold store.
Under the Food Business Regulation, the maximum penalty for operating an unlicensed cold store 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/Thursday, February 24, 2011
Issued at HKT 18:29
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