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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) yesterday (March 20) raided an unlicensed cold store at Kwu Tung Road in Sheung Shui.
During the operation, about 360 kilogrammes of chilled poultry with expired use by dates, some 700 kilogrammes of frozen pork bone and chilled poultry offal without official health certificates, and over 200 kilogrammes of defrosted frozen pork were seized for disposal.
A 50-year-old man was arrested and released on police bail pending investigation.
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 our stringent enforcement action against unlicensed food business to safeguard food safety and public health," an FEHD spokesman said.
The spokesman appealed to members of the public to report illegal food business activities by calling the FEHD hotline at 2868 0000.
Ends/Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Issued at HKT 19:06
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