The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 28) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pa… read more
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (January 28) said that one new melioidosis case had been recorded in the past four days (January 24 to 27). The case involves a 70-year-… read more
The Government announced today (January 28) its financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2024. Expenditure and revenue from April to Dece… read more
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region releases a monthly summary of its financial results and debts in compliance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard.
The timetable for the release of the monthly data for the 2025-26 financial year is as follows:
| Month | Release date |
| ———- | —————– |
| April 2025 | May 30, 2025 |
| May 2025 | June 30, 2025 |
| June 2025 | July 31, 2025 |
| July 2025 | August 29, 2025 |
| August 2025 | September 30, 2025 |
| September 2025 | October 31, 2025 |
| October 2025 | November 28, 2025 |
| November 2025 | December 31, 2025 |
| December 2025 | January 30, 2026 |
| January 2026 | February 27, 2026 |
| February 2026 | March 31, 2026 |
| March 2026 (provisional) | April 30, 2026 |
In response to the Japanese Government’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene issued a Food Safety Order which prohibits all aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds originating from the 10 metropolis/prefectures, namely Tokyo, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Miyagi, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama, from being imported into and supplied in Hong Kong.
For other Japanese aquatic products, sea salt and seaweeds that are not prohibited from being imported into Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will conduct comprehensive radiological tests to verify that the radiation levels of these products do not exceed the guideline levels before they are allowed to be supplied in the market.
As the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water is unprecedented and will continue for 30 years or more, the Government will closely monitor and step up the testing arrangements. Should anomalies be detected, the Government does not preclude further tightening the scope of the import ban.
From noon on January 27 to noon today (January 28), the CFS conducted tests on the radiological levels of 116 food samples imported from Japan, which were of the “aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt” category. No sample was found to have exceeded the safety limit. Details can be found on the CFS’s thematic website titled “Control Measures on Foods Imported from Japan” (www.cfs.gov.hk/english/programme/programme_rafs/programme_rafs_fc_01_30_Nuclear_Event_and_Food_Safety.html).
In parallel, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has also tested 50 samples of local catch for radiological levels. All the samples passed the tests. Details can be found on the AFCD’s website (www.afcd.gov.hk/english/fisheries/Radiological_testing/Radiological_Test.html).
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) has also enhanced the environmental monitoring of the local waters. No anomaly has been detected so far. For details, please refer to the HKO’s website
(www.hko.gov.hk/en/radiation/monitoring/seawater.html).
From August 24, 2023, to noon today, the CFS and the AFCD have conducted tests on the radiological levels of 112 689 samples of food imported from Japan (including 73 640 samples of aquatic and related products, seaweeds and sea salt) and 26 072 samples of local catch respectively. All the samples passed the tests. read more