Food safety recall round-up 2-15 September 2016
Radioactivity in dried mushroom sample
Hong Kong: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said a loose-packed dried mushroom sample was detected with a low level of radioactivity.
The CFS collected the dried mushroom sample from a retail outlet in Sheung Wan for radiation testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The product was imported from Japan.
Tests showed the sample was detected with Caesium-137 at a level of 24 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg). The standard by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in the guideline levels for radionuclides in foods contaminated following a nuclear or radiological emergency is 1,000 Bq/kg for Caesium-137.
The vendor has voluntarily stopped sale and removed the affected product from shelves.