Food safety recall round-up 6-12 October 2017
Juice in breach of labelling regulations
Hong Kong: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has warned about two samples of juice in breach of labelling regulations.
The Vitamin C content in bottled orange juice was inconsistent with that mentioned on the label and a sample of prepacked dried mango was found to contain a preservative, sulphur dioxide, which was not declared on its label.
The first product is Orange Juice Drink 1L of the brand pure j from Australia packed by Bevco Pty has a use by date of November 14, 2017.
"The test result showed that there was a discrepancy between the actual content of Vitamin C (36mg/100mL) and the declared content (58mg/100mL) on its nutrition label," said a CFS spokesman.
The second is Taiwan No.1 Golden 999 Mangoes 100g manufactured by Hung Yu Agriculture Biotech Enterprise and distributed by Treasure Food with a date of August 3, 2018.
"[Despite] the fact that the level of sulphur dioxide contained was within the legal limit, susceptible individuals who are allergic to sulphur dioxide may experience breathing difficulties, headache and nausea if they consume this kind of food," the spokesman added.
