Urges Public Not Tender

The Centre for Food Safety CFS of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today October 7 urged the public not to consume a batch of prepackaged cheese imported from France due to possible contamination with Shiga toxinproducing Escherichia coli STEC The trade should stop using or selling the affected product immediately if they possess it

Product details are as follows

Product name Camembert Bertrand Cremier 250g
Place of origin France
Pack size 250 grams
Useby date October 17 2026
Batch number 232511
Importer Repertoire Culinaire Hong Kong Limited

The CFS received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the abovementioned product is under recall due to possible contamination with STEC A preliminary investigation found that the abovementioned importer had imported into Hong Kong the affected batch of the product concerned a spokesman for the CFS said

The importer has stopped sales removed from shelves the affected batch of the product concerned and has initiated a recall according to the CFSs instructions Members of the public may call its hotline at 3758 2754 during office hours with any enquiries about the recall

People can contract STECcausing gastrointestinal disease through consumption of contaminated water or undercooked and contaminated foods Intestinal bleeding and serious complications such as hemolytic uraemic syndrome may also develop in some people the spokesman said

The CFS has alerted the trade to the incident and will continue to follow up and take appropriate action The investigation is ongoing