Food safety recall round-up 1-6 July 2017
Cadmium in mushrooms
Hong Kong: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has found a prepackaged dried porcini mushroom sample with cadmium at a level exceeding the legal limit.
Max brand Funghi Porcini secchi Speciali 100g packed by Max Delizie SAS di Massimo Zuccato & C from Italy with date February 9, 2018 is involved.
The CFS collected the sample from a supermarket in Central under its routine food surveillance programme.
"The test result showed that the sample contained cadmium at a level of 1.68 parts per million (ppm). After applying the conversion factors for dried foods as recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the reported cadmium level for the sample was 0.17 ppm, exceeding the legal limit of 0.1ppm," said a spokesman.
"Based on the level of cadmium detected in the sample, adverse health effects will not be caused under usual consumption. However, consumers who have bought and still possess the affected batch of the product should stop eating it."
Any person who sells food with metallic contamination above the legal limit is liable upon conviction to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.