Hong Kong CFS food alert
Recall notice
Organic WHITE PEPPER POWDER
This notice is for Organic WHITE PEPPER POWDER from Passion by Mama. Review the photos and listed product details before using, keeping, selling, or giving it away.
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- September 29, 2023
- 55 grams per bottle
Food product White pepper powder
Place of origin India
Importer / retailer / distributor
- Healthy Express
Source of information Centre for Food Safety
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- Retailer: Healthy Express
- Place of origin: India
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Source: Hong Kong · Centre for Food Safety
Recall number: 2023-530
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Source Hong Kong · Centre for Food Safety
Recall date 5.10.2023
Product name Organic WHITE PEPPER POWDER
Brand / company Passion by Mama
Hazard / issue The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) collected the above-mentioned sample from a retail outlet in Tsuen Wan for testing when following up on a related incident. The test result showed that the sample contained a pesticide, ethylene oxide. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified ethylene oxide as a Group 1 carcinogen.
Remedy / action
- Not to consume the affected batch of the product if they have bought any.
- The CFS has informed the vendor concerned of the irregularity and instructed them to stop sale and remove from shelves the affected batch of the product.
- According to the CFS's instructions, the retailer concerned has initiated a recall on the affected batch of the product.
- The CFS will alert the trade, continue to follow up on the incident and take appropriate action.
- An investigation is ongoing.
- Stop using or selling the affected batch of the product concerned immediately if they possess it.
Pack / batch details 55 grams per bottle; September 29, 2023
Recall number / record ID 2023-530
Brand history
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Hong Kong CFS food alert Pesticide found in prepackaged white pepper powder sample from India
Subsequent to announcing earlier that a sample of white pepper powder taken from a retail outlet in Tsuen Wan was found to contain a pesticide, ethylene oxide, the CFS detected a similar irregularity in another batch of white pepper powder sample taken from the same retail outlet for testing during follow-up investigations.The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified ethylene oxide as a Group 1 carcinogen. According to the Pesticide Residues in Food Regulation (Cap. 132CM), a food for human consumption containing pesticide residue may only be sold if consumption of the food is not dangerous or prejudicial to health.
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