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Written by Deng Yinglin
2020-04-23 18:21
Last update date: 2020-04-23 18:21The Food Safety Centre of the FEHD announced today (23) that the constant food monitoring found that a small amount of malachite green was detected in a carp sample sold by a stall in Kowloon City Market. The Food Safety Center has requested stalls to stop selling related products, and is tracing the source of the products and following up the incident. If there is sufficient evidence, prosecution will be filed.
According to the information, the Food Safety Center found that the fish samples of "Gen Kee Fresh Prawns" in the Kowloon City Market contained malachite green in 2017 and 2018 respectively. If this is confirmed, it will be the third such violation. It is understood that the file holders involved have been charged at least twice because fish samples were exposed to malachite green.
Traces of malachite green were found in carp samples from "Gen Kee Fresh Shrimp" in Kowloon City Market. (Information picture / non-involved sample)
During the constant food monitoring conducted by the Food Safety Centre, the carp sample taken from "Gen Kee Fresh Shrimp", F15, G / F, Kowloon City Market, was tested and found to contain malachite green with a content of 0.73 billion.
The center is known to be involved in the filing of fish containing malachite green as a violation of the regulations, and ordered to suspend the sale of related products. The center is tracing the source of the product and investigating the incident, emphasizing that if there is sufficient evidence, prosecution will be initiated.
Wet goods seafood area in Kowloon City Market. (Information picture / Photograph by Wang Jue Yin)
According to the information, the Food Safety Center announced in April 2017 and December 2018 that fish samples from the "Gen Kee Fresh Shrimp" in Kowloon City Market were found to contain malachite green. The first is the osmanthus fish sample and the latter is Carp sample. It is understood that the file holder involved has been charged and fined twice for the incident.
Malachite green or carcinogenic Hong Kong has been included in the regulation of the ban on sale of
malachite green since 2005. It is an industrial dye originally used to dye different materials such as silk, wool, cotton and paper. The industry generally regards malachite green as an effective antifungal agent and antiprotozoal agent, and is used to treat parasitic, fungal and protozoan diseases of fish. But treating fish with malachite green, this substance will be absorbed by the fish body tissues and produce metabolites.
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Since both malachite green and colorless malachite green may be genotoxic and cause cancer, many countries have banned the use of malachite green in food animals, and Hong Kong has also listed malachite green as a hazardous substance in food The scope of regulation of the Regulations is that all food sold in Hong Kong must not contain malachite green. Anyone who imports or sells food containing malachite green for human consumption commits an offence. Once convicted, the offender may be fined 50,000 yuan and imprisoned for 6 months.
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