Analytical & Advisory Services Division

Analytical & Advisory Services Division

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Targets and Key Indicators

Key Performance Measures Relating to the Statutory Testing of Food Samples

Targets #
Food complaint cases within 25 working days (%)
Targets 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Plan)
90 99 97 90

Urgent samples relating to food incidents within two working days (%)
Targets 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Plan)
100 100 100 100

Other food samples within reporting time averaging 19 working days (%)
Targets 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Plan)
95 99 99 95

#  For targets where reporting time is mentioned, different samples require different analytical procedures, hence different reporting time. The quoted number of working days required represents an average of reporting time for the different types of samples and test requests within the category, while the target (in percentage) is the total compliance rate of the concerned samples and test requests within a particular category against their respective targets.

Key Indicators
Tests Performed on Food Samples 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Estimate)
Food complaint samples 5,001 5,751 6,000
Urgent samples relating to food incidents 183 147 N.A.
Other food samples 190,238 194,631 190,000

‡  As the testing requirements for urgent samples relating to food, pharmaceuticals and Chinese medicine incidents respectively fluctuated in previous years, it is difficult to estimate the occurrence of the type of incidents or the number of tests required.

Key Performance Measures Relating to the Advisory and Investigative Services of Pesticides Formulation, Seepage and Swimming Pool Water Samples

Targets #
Pesticides formulation samples within reporting time averaging 36 working days (%)
Targets 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Plan)
93 100 100 93

Seepage and swimming pool water samples within ten working days (%)
Targets 2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Plan)
96 99 98 96

#  For targets where reporting time is mentioned, different samples require different analytical procedures, hence different reporting time. The quoted number of working days required represents an average of reporting time for the different types of samples and test requests within the category, while the target (in percentage) is the total compliance rate of the concerned samples and test requests within a particular category against their respective targets.

Key Indicators
Tests Performed on Pesticides Formulation Samples,
Seepage and Swimming Pool Water Samples
2022 (Actual) 2023 (Actual) 2024 (Estimate)
Pesticides formulation samples 316 300 310
Seepage and swimming pool water samples 55,653 62,712 60,000