Although the crab season is coming to an end, the unlicensed sale of hairy crabs is still flooding the market. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has been operating frequently in recent months. It inspected grocery stores in Erpofang in Tsuen Wan yesterday (18th) and found that 5 grocery stores were not allowed to sell hairy crabs. , 45 kilograms of hairy crabs without health certificates were seized and destroyed. All of them have been destroyed.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department took a surprise operation in Tsuen Wan yesterday to inspect grocery stores around Erbei Square to crack down on illegal sales of hairy crabs.
(Provided by FEHD)
The sale of hairy crabs requires a shellfish aquatic animal (hairy crab) sales permit issued by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department or relevant written permission, and the crabs for sale must be supplied by reliable and well-reputed suppliers. It is illegal to allow the sale of restricted food. Upon conviction, the maximum penalty is a fine of 50,000 yuan and imprisonment for six months.
The unlicensed crabs were sold at five grocery stores near Erpo Square in Tsuen Wan. A total of 45 kilograms of hairy crabs without a health certificate were destroyed. The FEHD has also initiated prosecution procedures against the responsible person in the grocery store.
A spokesman for the FEHD said that he is very concerned about the illegal sale of hairy crabs and will continue to monitor the situation closely and take stringent enforcement actions.
Hairy Crabs | FEHD patrolled retail shops and found another vendor selling crabs without a license The person in charge of hairy crabs was prosecuted by the FEHD and about 14,000 suspected smuggled hairy crabs and frozen food valued at 1.46 million were seized by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
