Coconut flavoured ice cream found to contain coliform bacteria count exceeding legal limits
發佈日期: 2025-08-12 23:35
TVB News
The Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department urges the public not to consume a kind of prepackaged coconut flavoured ice cream, which was found to contain coliform bacteria with its count exceeding the legal limit.
The "Original Coconut Gelato" is from Hong Kong brand "Make Meanings" and manufacturer "Pay & Pay Ice Cream International Company" with the batch having the best-before date on January 21, 2026.
The CFS collected the product's sample from a vending machine in Tseung Kwan O for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained 140 coliform bacteria per gram.
Under the Frozen Confections Regulation, frozen confection for sale should not contain more than 100 coliform bacteria per gram. The maximum penalty for offenders is a fine of 10,000 dollars and three months imprisonment upon conviction. Authorities notes that the coliform count exceeded the legal limit indicated that the hygienic conditions were unsatisfactory, but did not mean that consumption would lead to food poisoning.
An investigation is ongoing.
