CFS Warns Against Consuming Frozen Chicken Leg Contaminated with Excessive Doxycycline Residue.

Imported frozen chicken leg sample detected with veterinary drug residue exceeding legal limit

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (November 6) that a sample of imported frozen chicken leg was found with excessive doxycycline, a veterinary drug residue. Members of the public should not consume the affected batch of the product. The trade should also stop using or selling the affected batch of the product immediately if they possess it. The CFS is following up on the incident.

Product details are as follows:

Product name: (Not available in English)

Brand: (Not available in English)

Place of origin: China

Importer: Willy More Development Limited

Net weight: 15 kilograms per carton

Manufacture date: July 22, 2026

Best-before date: January 21, 2028

A spokesman for the CFS said, "The CFS collected the above-mentioned frozen chicken leg sample at the import level for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained doxycycline at a level of 180 parts per billion (ppb), exceeding the legal limit of 100 ppb."

The spokesman said that the CFS has informed the importer concerned of the irregularity and has instructed it to stop selling the product, and to remove from shelves the affected batch. The importer concerned has initiated a recall of the affected batch of the product according to the CFS's instructions. Members of the public may call the importer's hotline at 2944 8139 during office hours for enquiries about the product recall.

"According to the detected level of the veterinary drug residue found in the sample concerned, normal consumption is unlikely to pose adverse health effects," the spokesman added.

According to the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132AF), muscle of poultry sold in Hong Kong for human consumption is not allowed to contain doxycycline exceeding 100 micrograms per kilogram of the food. Offenders will be prosecuted and will be liable to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months upon conviction.

The CFS will continue to follow up and take appropriate action. An investigation is ongoing.

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Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for possession of duty-not-paid cigarettes

An incoming male passenger was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment with a fine of $1,200 by the Fanling Magistrates' Courts today (November 6) for possessing duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare them to Customs officers, in contravention of Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO).

Customs officers intercepted an incoming 68-year-old local male passenger at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point on October 31 and seized 481 duty-not-paid cigarettes from him, with an estimated market value of about $2,400, and a duty potential of about $1,600. The male passenger was subsequently arrested.

Customs welcomes the sentence. The custodial sentence has imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflects the seriousness of the offences. Members of the public should not defy the law.

Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, cigarettes are dutiable goods to which the DCO applies. Any person who imports, deals with, possesses, sells or buys illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for possession of duty-not-paid cigarettes Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases