Food and Environmental Hygiene Department cracked down on selling chilled pork as fresh pork and two shops convicted and fined

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Written by: Chen Jiayi

2020-09-26 16:23

Last update date: 2020-09-26 16:24

The FEHD stated today (26th) that since January this year, a total of 28 surprise operations have been taken against 64 fresh provision shops and market stalls to crack down on selling chilled or frozen pork as fresh pork, and it has dealt with many cases Prosecute.

Two of the shops were convicted and fined. The fresh provision shop involved had returned its license, while the lease of another market stall was terminated by the FEHD.

Live pigs supplied to Hong Kong from the Mainland are still lower than the level before the African swine fever epidemic

The FEHD stated that since January this year, a total of 28 surprise operations have been taken against 64 fresh provision shops and market stalls to crack down on selling chilled or frozen pork as fresh pork, and prosecuted a number of cases.

Two of the shops were convicted and fined. Since then, the fresh provision shop involved has surrendered its license, while the lease of another market stall was terminated by the FEHD.

Other prosecution cases are still pending in court.

The FEHD stated that the number of live pigs supplied to Hong Kong from the Mainland has not yet returned to the pre-ASF epidemic level.

Due to the high price of live pigs, some illegal merchants use chilled or frozen pork as fresh pork for profit.

The situation violated the laws of Hong Kong and caused food safety issues. It would also be unfair to other shops that comply with the regulations.

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Since January, the FEHD has received 147 complaints about selling chilled or frozen pork as fresh pork, and inspected fresh provision shops and market stalls a total of 7,649 times.

Regarding the sale of fresh pork and unprepackaged chilled pork and/or restricted food in the same premises, the FEHD submitted a total of 35 cases to 33 fresh provision shops and market stalls in accordance with the Food Business Regulation Prosecutions, of which 10 cases were convicted and fined, and the remaining 25 cases are still pending court trial.

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