Despite the Ombudsman criticism of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department for failing in its gatekeeper role on food safety earlier this year, latest statistics reveal the prosecution rate of local food vendors remains low amid increasing cases – at 2.6 per cent out of 3,689 complaints in the first eight months of this year.
The latest food complaint that led to a conviction this year was on October 4, when convenience store chain Circle K was fined HK$3,500 by the Eastern Court,...
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