The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (February 23) announced that the iodine content of a tinned infant formula sample was found to be inconsistent with the declared value on its nutrition label. The CFS urged the trade to stop selling the affected batch of the product immediately.

     Product details are as follows:

Product name: Physiolac Relay 1
Place of origin: France
Manufacturer: Laboratoires Gilbert
Net weight: 900 grams per tin
Best-before date: August 26, 2018
 
     "The CFS collected the above-mentioned infant formula sample for testing from a supermarket in Tsim Sha Tsui under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The result of chemical analysis showed a discrepancy between the actual iodine content (60µg per 100g) and the declared content (80µg per 100g) on its nutrition label," a spokesman for the CFS said.

     "The CFS has informed the vendor concerned of the irregularity and the vendor concerned has stopped sale and removed from shelves the affected batch of the product according to the instructions of the CFS. The CFS is tracing the source and distribution of the affected product," he added.

     According to Section 61 of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap 132), if any person falsely describes a food or misleads as to the nature, substance or quality of the food on a label of the food sold by him, he shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
 
     The CFS will inform the trade, continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate action.
 

Ends/Thursday, February 23, 2017
Issued at HKT 18:05

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