Hong Kong — Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health York Chow was cited as saying here Tuesday that the proposed Food Safety Bill in Hong Kong will boost food control without imposing a huge burden on the trade.
Speaking at Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene, Chow was cited as saying given that 95 percent of the food Hong Kong people consume is imported from overseas, the city must strengthen its import-control measures to ensure a safe food supply.
After reviewing the food safety law and researching overseas legislation and regulatory regimes on food safety, the bureau proposes to formulate a new bill adopting an incremental and risk- based approach in expanding Hong Kong’s import control, initially over food with high potential health risk. The control measures may be extended to other food types when the risk level of the food concerned has changed.
Chow said the Hong Kong [...]
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