HK CFS Announced That Prepackaged Frozen Shrimp Sample Was Found to Contain Nitrofuran Metabolite

28/11/2022

Reference Number 491/2022
Source Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS)
Type of Information Food Recall
Questionable food products

Product name: VANNAMEI WHITE SHRIMP

Product brand: Meadows

Place of origin: China

Packing: 300 grams per pack
Expiry date/Batch
Best-before date: March 5, 2024
Manufacturer/ Distributor HK Sole Distributor: THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY LIMITED
Reasons for recall The CFS collected the shrimp sample from a supermarket in Tin Shui Wai for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that it contained nitrofuran metabolite (AOZ) at a level of 6.6 parts per billion.
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