A Sheung Wan hairy crab retailer has been accused of hiding toxic hairy crabs during a citywide recall then selling them with fake documents, according to the food safety watchdog.
The Centre for Food Safety found a hairy crab sample taken on November 3 from Shing Lung Hong on Wing Lok Street which exceeded amounts of dioxin and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Both are highly toxic chemical compounds that can cause cancer and damage the reproductive and immune systems.
Dr Gloria Tam Lai-...
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