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Danny Mok

A brand of canned pork made on the mainland is being recalled after a sample was found to contain a chemical that could cause cancer.
Shanghai Maling B2 pork luncheon meat (less sodium) was found to contain 0.0022 parts per million (ppm) of a metabolite of nitrofurans, according to test results by the Centre for Food Safety.
Nitrofuran is a banned antibiotic that is fed to sick pigs.
About 20,000 of the brand's 340-gram cans were imported last December and January but none since, according to the centre. It did not know how many cans had been sold.
The centre admitted it had acted after press reports last week said sales had been suspended in Singapore. Singaporean authorities also banned two other mainland-made brands - Gulong and Narcissus.
Hong Kong food safety officers tested 11 samples of all brands but only Maling's were contaminated.
The centre's assistant director, Miranda Lee Siu-yuen, said it was unknown why the chemical was in the meat but said: 'Normal consumption should not pose any serious health risks to consumers.'
The recall had been initiated as a precautionary measure, she said.
But Chan King-ming, professor of biochemistry at Chinese University, warned there was still a risk of cancer despite the very low level.
There have also been reports that a Canadian food inspection agency had found nitrofurans and malachite green in some imported Maling pork luncheon meat. Malachite green is an antifungal agent not approved for use in fish for human consumption.
Ms Lee said the centre would follow up on this issue.
A ParknShop spokeswoman said they had suspended sales last night after receiving the notice. She said the product had been sold in some outlets but she had no numbers.
A spokeswoman for Wellcome said the product had been out of stock for two months but said it would follow the department's advice for a recall.
Both chains said customers who had the product could ask for refunds with receipts.
A Commercial Radio report said the meat was  still on sale last night in the supermarket China Resources Vanguard's outlet in Man Yuen Street, Jordan, where the problematic sample was found.



Mainland-made canned pork recalled over cancer concerns