The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (14) launched a joint operation with the Marine Department and the police to crack down on the illegal trafficking of fish and seafood along the waterfront of Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter and the Promenade of Castle Peak Bay.
During the operation, the persons in charge of the two fishing vessels were suspected of operating an unlicensed food business on the vessel and were not allowed to sell restricted food. The department initiated prosecution procedures, seized relevant tools and destroyed live fish and other fresh shellfish discarded at the scene animal.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (14) launched a joint operation with the Marine Department and the police to crack down on the illegal trafficking of fish and seafood along the waterfront of Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter and the Promenade of Castle Peak Bay.
(Photo by the Information Services Department)
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (14) launched a joint operation with the Marine Department and the police to crack down on the illegal trafficking of fish and seafood along the waterfront of the Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter and along the Promenade of Castle Peak Bay.
The persons in charge of two fishing boats were arrested during the operation. The department initiated prosecution procedures for allegedly operating an unlicensed food business on the vessel and was not allowed to sell restricted food, seized relevant tools and destroyed live fish and other fresh ones that were abandoned on the scene. Shellfish aquatic animals.
During the operation, the persons in charge of two fishing boats were arrested, and related tools were seized and the live fish and other fresh shellfish aquatic animals abandoned on the scene were destroyed.
(Photo by the Information Services Department)
According to the department, since January this year, FEHD officers have filed a total of 5 prosecutions, including 3 detentions, against illegal trafficking in fish and seafood along the waterfront of the Tuen Mun Typhoon Shelter and the Castle Peak Bay promenade.
The spokesman said that the FEHD is very concerned about the illegal sale of fish and seafood and will continue to closely monitor the sale of fish and seafood and take stringent enforcement actions.
According to the Food Business Regulation (Chapter 132X), anyone who operates a food business without a license or is not permitted to sell restricted food is an offence; upon conviction, the maximum penalty is a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for 6 months .
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department revealed two suspected chilled meats as fresh meat sellers and temporarily issued verbal warnings to the meat stalls involved in the case. Two shops in To Kwa Wan suspected that chilled meats were sold as fresh meats. Fresh pigs filled with fresh pig food ring Customs inspected more than 200 catties of chilled pork to fight against feeding wild animals. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department issued 37 fixed fines and 60 subpoenas in the two districts a year
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