Food safety recall round-up 14-27 July 2017
Mushrooms contain poisonous species
Hong Kong: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has warned the public about a batch of prepacked porcini mushrooms as it is suspected to contain a mixture of species including inedible or poisonous species.
Porcini mushrooms from China 150g has best before March 30, 2018.
Following up on a food poisoning case, the CFS investigated a department store in Yau Ma Tei. According to information provided the sale of the product has ceased since the end of June.
"The CFS has also followed up with Addison Industrial (Group) Limited, the importer and packer of the product concerned. Investigation showed that the affected batch of product was only for sale at the above-mentioned department store. The Centre has requested the importer concerned to stop sale and initiate a recall of the affected batch of the product."