Food Safety

  2018 2019 2020 2021
No. of vehicles carrying vegetables inspected at Man Kam To Food Control Office* 24 415 11 839 -- --
No. of targeted inspections of food trucks at food control points* -- -- 12 000 12 304
No. of food samples taken for testing (including samples tested for radiation levels for food imported from Japan) 159 453 162 650 167 328 74 991
No. of labels checked 55 082 55 104 55 398 55 196

* The indicator "vehicles carrying vegetables inspected at Man Kam To Food Control Office" was replaced by a new indicator "targeted inspections of food trucks at food control points" as from 2020.

Live Food Animals Inspection and Testing

  2018 2019 2020 2021
No. of inspection of imported poultry 0 0 0 0
No. of pig urine samples taken for testing of beta-agonists 44 303# 30 017 28 740 28 027
Total no. of urine, tissue and serum samples from food animal for testing of veterinary drug residues 47 687 33 467 32 208 30 131

# The figures were revised in April 2020.

Pest Control

  2018 2019 2020 2021
No. of vector-borne disease related investigation 280 292 107 84
No. of pest problem consultation requested by
  Government department 512 409 380 354
  General public 659 771 332 372
No. of pest specimen identification 6 805 3 864 4 124 7 171
No. of pesticide efficacy test 30 30 30 31
No. of seminar/lecture/talk for general public 205 179 33 76
No. of persons attending the seminar/lecture/talk 8 383 6 533 1 224 2 206


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