Fatal traffic accident in Tsing Yi
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tsing Yi today (May 14) in which a man died.
At 5.13pm, a medium goods vehicle (MGV) driven by a 52-year-old man was travelling along North West Tsing Yi Interchange towards Kowloon. It was reported to have failed to stop in time and rammed into a stationary private car that had broken down, as well as a light goods vehicle (LGV) and its 64-year-old male driver. It was reported that the male LGV driver was providing assistance to the private car on the carriageway.
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Sustaining serious leg injuries, the male LGV driver was rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 6.03pm.
A 52-year-old male private car driver; a foreign male passenger and three foreign female passengers of the private car, aged between 36 and 46, sustained injuries to their heads, necks and limbs, were sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in conscious state.
The male MGV driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for further enquiries.
Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories South is under way.
Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 1348.
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Imported frozen confection samples detected with coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding legal limits
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (May 15) that samples of two kinds of frozen confections imported from Malaysia were found to contain coliform bacteria and total bacterial counts exceeding the legal limits. The affected products have been marked and sealed and have not entered the market. The CFS is following up on the incident.
Product details are as follows:
Product name: Musang King Durian Gelato
Brand: Durian Baby
Place of origin: Malaysia
Pack size: 75 grams per box
Importer: DB & FRIENDS (HK) LIMITED
Best-before date: September 26, 2027
Product name: D24 Durian Gelato
Brand: Durian Baby
Place of origin: Malaysia
Pack size: 75 grams per box
Importer: DB & FRIENDS (HK) LIMITED
Best-before date: September 18, 2027
A spokesman for the CFS said, "The CFS collected samples of the two kinds of frozen confections mentioned above at the import level for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test results showed that two samples of the Musang King Durian Gelato contained 130 and 140 coliform bacteria per gram respectively, whereas five samples of the D24 Durian Gelato contained coliform bacteria ranging between 210 and 7 200 per gram and total bacterial counts ranging between 84 000 and 160 000 per gram. All are above the legal limits."
"The CFS has informed the importer concerned of the above irregularities. The affected products have all been marked and sealed, and have not entered the market. The CFS will temporarily suspend the permission to import for sale of the products concerned granted earlier to the importer," the spokesman said.
Under the Frozen Confections Regulation (Cap. 132AC), frozen confections for sale should not contain more than 100 coliform bacteria per gram or more than 50 000 bacteria per gram. The maximum penalty for offenders is a fine of $10,000 and three months' imprisonment upon conviction. The fact that the coliform count and the total bacterial count exceeded the legal limit indicated that the hygienic conditions were unsatisfactory, but did not mean that consumption would lead to food poisoning.
The CFS will inform the Malaysian authority of the incident, and will continue to follow up on the case and take appropriate actions to safeguard food safety and public health.
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