The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 6) that a sample of imported frozen chicken leg was found with excessive doxycycline, a veterinary drug residue. Members of the public should not consume the affected batch of the product. The trade should also stop using or selling the affected batch of the product immediately if they possess it. The CFS is following up on the incident. 

     Product details are as follows: 

     Product name: (Not available in English) 
     Brand: (Not available in English)
     Place of origin: China 
     Importer: Willy More Development Limited 
     Net weight: 15 kilograms per carton 
     Manufacture date: July 22, 2026 
     Best-before date: January 21, 2028 

     A spokesman for the CFS said, "The CFS collected the above-mentioned frozen chicken leg sample at the import level for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained doxycycline at a level of 180 parts per billion (ppb), exceeding the legal limit of 100 ppb."

     The spokesman said that the CFS has informed the importer concerned of the irregularity and has instructed it to stop selling the product, and to remove from shelves the affected batch. The importer concerned has initiated a recall of the affected batch of the product according to the CFS's instructions. Members of the public may call the importer's hotline at 2944 8139 during office hours for enquiries about the product recall. 

     "According to the detected level of the veterinary drug residue found in the sample concerned, normal consumption is unlikely to pose adverse health effects," the spokesman added. 

     According to the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132AF), muscle of poultry sold in Hong Kong for human consumption is not allowed to contain doxycycline exceeding 100 micrograms per kilogram of the food. Offenders will be prosecuted and will be liable to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months upon conviction. 

     The CFS will continue to follow up and take appropriate action. An investigation is ongoing. 

Ends/Friday, November 6, 2026
Issued at HKT 18:48

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