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     The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (June 8) announced that a packed milk drink sample was found to contain excessive amount of Bacillus cereus, a pathogen. The CFS is following up on the case.
     
     Details of the product are as follows:

Product name: Skimmed Hi-Calcium Milk Drink
Manufacturer:  Nestlé Hong Kong Limited
Volume:          236 millilitre per pack
Use-by date:   June 2, 2018

     A CFS spokesman said, “The sample was collected from a supermarket in Kwun Tong for testing under the CFS’ routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained Bacillus cereus at a level of 4 600 000 per gram. Under the Microbiological Guidelines for Food, if ready-to-eat food contains Bacillus cereus at a level of more than 100 000 per gram, it is considered unsatisfactory.”

     The spokesman said that the CFS had informed the manufacturer and the vendor concerned of the test result. Investigation was conducted at the production plant and the supermarket concerned and follow-up samples were collected for further testing. Investigation is ongoing. The CFS had also provided health education on food safety and hygiene for the staff of the production plant and the supermarket and requested them to carry out thorough cleaning and disinfection.

     According to Section 54 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), all food available for sale in Hong Kong, locally produced or imported, should be fit for human consumption. An offender is subject to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months upon conviction.

     Bacillus cereus is commonly found in the environment. Unhygienic conditions in food processing and storage may give rise to its growth. Consuming food contaminated with excessive Bacillus cereus may cause gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting and diarrhoea.

     The CFS will alert the trade, continue to follow up on the incident and take appropriate action in order to safeguard public health and food safety. read more

     ​An exhibition entitled “Projects ∙ Objects ∙ Play – Tommy Li P.O.P. Design Show” will be held from tomorrow (June 9) to September 24 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, revealing renowned local designer Tommy Li’s source of inspiration and key to success.
 
     The exhibition will be divided into three zones with different themes, namely “Play”, “Objects” and “Projects”, presenting Li’s perspectives on life, culture, society and design aesthetics. It will also showcase his personal selection of 97 objects that have been most influential in his design career and the cross-disciplinary design works and projects created with his team over the past 30 years, including commercial brand designs, books, periodicals and posters. In the exhibition, visitors will be able to witness Li’s journey of more than 35 years in the design industry and his philosophical ideas about the economy, pop culture, art and design. Visitors will also gain a better understanding of how foreign pop culture influenced Hong Kong and its unique culture from the view of Li.
 
     Tommy Li, a renowned Hong Kong graphic designer and brand consultant, has been actively involved in the local design scene and won numerous international and local awards over the years. He graduated from the former Swire School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic in the 1980s and has worked in many culture-related positions since then, such as magazine column writer, disco DJ, and art director for films and a radio station.
 
     For details of the exhibition, please visit the museum’s website www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/en_US/web/hm/exhibitions/data/exid251.html, or call 2180 8188 for enquiries.
 
     The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is located at 1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin. read more

     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, will visit Belgium and France as well as attend a conference in Lindau, Germany, from June 14 to 25. The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, and the Secretary for Inno… read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:      Members of the Legislative Council (LegCo) held separate meetings today (June 8) with members of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council (DC) and the Islan… read more

     Correctional officers at Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre today (June 8) intercepted a male remand person in custody smuggling suspected dangerous drugs into the centre by concealing them inside his body.    … read more