Government Laboratory
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Food Safety E Section
The Section mainly provides testing support to the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department regarding food complaint cases. The wholesomeness of food products is verified. Major areas of work include the examination of food samples for deterioration, foreign substances and other parameters as appropriate to the complaint case. Analytical reports produced by the Section are admissible in courts of law as evidence of compliance or otherwise with the legislative requirements.
The Section helps to implement the following legislations:
Senior Chemist: Dr. K S Leung (Tel. No.: 2762-3893 E-mail: ksleung@govtlab.gov.hk)
| Chemist (E-mail address) |
Tel. No. |
| Ms. Patricia P S Chan, Chemist (ppschan@govtlab.gov.hk) |
2762-3852 |
| Dr. W H Lam, Chemist (whlam@govtlab.gov.hk) |
2762-3852 |
| Mr. Y P Tsoi, Chemist (yptsoi@govtlab.gov.hk) |
2762-3852 |
Key Performance Measures Relating to the Statutory Testing of Food Complaint Samples
Targets
| Testing of Food Samples* | Targets | 2006 (Actual) |
2007 (Actual) |
2008 (Plan) |
| Food complaint samples within target reporting time averaging 25 working days (%) | 80 | 75 | 80 | 82 |
Key Indicators
Key Indicators for Statutory Testing of Samples
| Tests Performed on Samples* | 2006 (Actual) |
2007 (Actual) |
2008 (Estimate) |
| Food complaint samples | 14,604 | 26,469 | 20,000 |
| * | Different samples require different analytical procedures, thus different target reporting time applies. The quoted number of working days required represents an average of target reporting time for the different samples within the category. |
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