CFS announces findings of Second Hong Kong Population-based Food Consumption Survey
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Data collection of the survey was conducted between April 2018 and February last year. A total of 3 752 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully enumerated. The survey used two non-consecutive days of "24-hour dietary recall" and a "food frequency questionnaire" to obtain food consumption estimates. The "24-hour dietary recall" interview was used to collect comprehensive dietary data through inviting the respondents to recall all food and drinks consumed over the previous day with a view to understanding the intake amounts of food and drinks commonly consumed by the population. The "food frequency questionnaire", on the other hand, was used to understand the intake amounts of certain foods such as seasonal food and festive food, etc. Furthermore, respondents' body weight data as well as basic demographic information (including gender and age) were also obtained for facilitating the interpretation of the food consumption information collected.
A spokesman for the CFS said, "The CFS will use the latest set of data to conduct daily food safety risk assessment work and various risk assessment studies, and to plan for a future Total Diet Study with a view to understanding the amounts of exposure to individual harmful substances from various food sources. The CFS will also use the food consumption data to review the sampling strategy of the routine Food Surveillance Programme as well as to assess and propose amendments to local food safety standards and regulations.
"The First Hong Kong Population-based Food Consumption Survey was conducted between 2005 and 2007. The data obtained from food consumption surveys is a cornerstone of the CFS' food safety risk assessment work, which is conducive to more scientific and proportionate measures for regulatory control of food safety in Hong Kong", the spokesman added.
The report of the Second Hong Kong Population-based Food Consumption Survey has been uploaded to the CFS website (www.cfs.gov.hk/english/programme/programme_firm/programme_fcs_2nd_Survey.html). Summary results of the food consumption data included in the survey report have also been uploaded to DATA.GOV.HK for download and conducting relevant scientific research by members of the public and academic institutions.
Ends/Tuesday, June 29, 2021
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