Plans to form a separate agency to specifically tackle food safety were proposed in 2005, following multiple food safety incidents including an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green.[3][4] At its initial conception, the centre was expected to take a similar structure as the Centre for Health Protection, and bring together experts from various fields to tackle food safety issues.[3]
A proposal for the centre was rejected by the Legislative Council on 18 January 2006, citing concerns of marginalising veterinarians and lacking clarity.[5][6]
Within the first months after the centre is set up, legislators complained that the centre had been doing too little to effective control food safety in Hong Kong.[7]
Logoedit
The department's orange colour is adopted in the Centre logo plus the green colour representing "safety and hope". The letters 'C', 'F' and 'S' are abbreviation for Centre for Food Safety.[2]
Referencesedit
^Organisation Chart of Centre for Food Safety, 15 February 2023, retrieved 3 April 2023
^ abCentre for Food Safety – About Us, retrieved 14 April 2015
^ abBenitez, Mary Ann (20 August 2005). "Dedicated food safety centre proposed". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^Lee, Ella (20 September 2005). "Director baulks at food-safety centre". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^Benitez, Mary Ann (18 January 2006). "Proposal for food safety centre sent back to the drawing board". South China Morning Post.
^Benitez, Mary Ann (19 January 2006). "Health chiefs in rallying call for food safety centre". South China Morning Post.
^Lam, Agnes (25 July 2006). "Food safety centre 'can do more'". South China Morning Post.
centre, food, safety, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, . This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Centre for Food Safety news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Centre for Food Safety news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Centre for Food Safety CFS Chinese 食物安全中心 is the food safety authority of the Hong Kong government Its mission is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government food trade and consumers 2 The CFS was created in May 2006 under the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Environment and Ecology Bureau Centre for Food Safety食物安全中心The Centre for Food Safety LogoAgency overviewFormed2 May 2006 2006 05 02 Headquarters43 F Queensway Government Offices 66 Queensway Hong KongAgency executiveDr WONG Wang Christine 1 Controller Centre for Food SafetyParent agencyFood and Environmental Hygiene DepartmentWebsitewww cfs gov hk Contents 1 History 2 Logo 3 References 4 External linksHistory editPlans to form a separate agency to specifically tackle food safety were proposed in 2005 following multiple food safety incidents including an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green 3 4 At its initial conception the centre was expected to take a similar structure as the Centre for Health Protection and bring together experts from various fields to tackle food safety issues 3 A proposal for the centre was rejected by the Legislative Council on 18 January 2006 citing concerns of marginalising veterinarians and lacking clarity 5 6 Within the first months after the centre is set up legislators complained that the centre had been doing too little to effective control food safety in Hong Kong 7 Logo editThe department s orange colour is adopted in the Centre logo plus the green colour representing safety and hope The letters C F and S are abbreviation for Centre for Food Safety 2 References edit Organisation Chart of Centre for Food Safety 15 February 2023 retrieved 3 April 2023 a b Centre for Food Safety About Us retrieved 14 April 2015 a b Benitez Mary Ann 20 August 2005 Dedicated food safety centre proposed South China Morning Post Retrieved 12 April 2015 Lee Ella 20 September 2005 Director baulks at food safety centre South China Morning Post Retrieved 12 April 2015 Benitez Mary Ann 18 January 2006 Proposal for food safety centre sent back to the drawing board South China Morning Post Benitez Mary Ann 19 January 2006 Health chiefs in rallying call for food safety centre South China Morning Post Lam Agnes 25 July 2006 Food safety centre can do more South China Morning Post External links editOfficial website Food and Health Bureau website nbsp This article about the three branches of government in Hong Kong is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centre for Food Safety amp oldid 1147983945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
