Two tinned infant formula samples not in compliance with nutrition label rules
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Product details are as follows:
Product name: Premibio Premilait (Organic Cow Milk Formula for newborn up to 6 months)
Place of origin: France
Distributor: Apis Cerana Ltd
Net weight: 900 grams per tin
Best before dates: October 28, 2019, and January 26, 2020
"The CFS collected the above two infant formula samples from a supermarket in Causeway Bay for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The results of chemical analysis showed a discrepancy between the actual manganese content (24µg per 100g) and the declared content (40µg per 100g) on the nutrition label of the sample with a best-before date of October 28, 2019, and a discrepancy between the actual iodine content (60µg per 100g) and the declared content (130µg per 100g) on the nutrition label of the other sample with a best-before date of January 26, 2020," a spokesman for the CFS said.
"The CFS has informed the vendor concerned of the irregularities and the vendor concerned has stopped sale and removed from shelves the affected batches of the product according to the instructions of the CFS. The CFS is tracing the source and distribution of the affected products," he added.
According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
Ends/Friday, July 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 19:23
Issued at HKT 19:23
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