Extension Operating Hours Tender

A spokesman for the Centre for Food Safety CFS of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today September 30 that starting from 000am tomorrow October 1 the operating hours for fresh produce imported via the Hong KongZhuhaiMacao Bridge HZMB will be extended to 24 hours a day to give the trade greater flexibility in scheduling the arrival of fresh food to better accommodate the diverse operational needs of different food sectors

Vehicles transporting designated categories of fresh food frozen and chilled poultry meat and game eggs milk fresh aquatic products vegetables and fruits from the Mainland to Hong Kong via land will then be able to enter the territory via the HZMB at any time in order to further facilitate the trade and supply of fresh food

To ensure food safety the CFS will inspect the vehicles importing fresh food via the Hong Kong Port of the HZMB This includes examining the details of import documents conducting physical inspections and taking fresh food samples for testing

The spokesman added that the operating hours and arrangements for vehicles transporting imported fresh food into Hong Kong via the Man Kam To Boundary Control Point remain unchanged