Кіріспе
Гонконгтың мемлекеттік департаменті
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
FEHD-ті құрудың негізгі себептері көбінесе институционалдық "жүйелік қателіктер мен немқұрайлылық" болды, бұл азық-түлікпен жұмыс істеудегі қайталап орын алатын жағдайлар мен азық-түлік арқылы жұққан инфекциялық ауруларды шешуге байланысты. Бұрынғы Заң шығарушы кеңесінің мүшесі доктор Леонг Че Хонг атап өткендей, 1997 жылдың басында Гонконгтағы азық-түлік өндірушілердің нашар және антисанитарлық жағдайынан холера індетінің басталу қаупі туындады, бұл Уақытша аймақтық және қалалық кеңестердің лицензия бергеннен кейін нақты операцияларды тиімді бақылай алмауымен және Денсаулық сақтау департаментінің уақтылы араласпауымен күшейді. Оқиға институционалдық олқылықты көрсетті, яғни "азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі мен қоршаған ортаның гигиенасын жақсартуда жетекшілік пен үйлестірудің жетіспеуі" және "азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі мен қоршаған ортаның гигиенасы саласындағы саясатты қалыптастыруға жауапты орталық органның" болмауы. Осы кемшіліктерді жою мақсатында Заң шығарушы кеңес 1999 жылдың 2 желтоқсанында заң жобасын қабылдады. Даму.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Негізгі құрылымдық реформалар
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
FEHD-ті қайта ұйымдастыру ұсынысы
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
2005 жылы сол кездегі Бас директор Дональд Цанг өзінің саясатты жолдауында үкіметтік департаменттерді қайта ұйымдастыру және жаңа Азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі, инспекциялау және карантин департаментін құру туралы мәлімдеді. Ұсынылған қайта ұйымдастырудың себебі Гонконгқа күнделікті келіп түсетін материктік азық-түлікпен қамтамасыз етудегі қауіпсіздікке қатысты туындаған мәселелер болды, олар құс, мал, теңіз өнімдері және басқа да негізгі емес азық-түліктерді қамтыды. Жаңа департамент Ауыл шаруашылығы, балық шаруашылығы және табиғатты қорғау департаменті мен FEHD атқаратын функцияларды біріктіруді ұсынды, соның ішінде импортталған және жергілікті тірі азық-түлік пен азық-түлік емес жануарларды, құс пен құстарды бақылау, сондай-ақ көкөністердің, ет, теңіз өнімдері мен азық-түлік өнімдерінің қауіпсіздігін қамтамасыз ету. Алайда, заң шығарушылардың жаңа департаменттің материктік және шетелдік азық-түлікпен қамтамасыз ету сапасын жақсартудағы тиімділігіне күмән келтіруіне байланысты қайта ұйымдастыру ешқашан іске асырылмады.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі орталығының құрылуы
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
2006 жылы Азық-түлік қауіпсіздігі орталығы FEHD құрамында құрылды. Агенттіктің мақсаты – үкімет, азық-түлік саудасы және тұтынушылар арасындағы үшжақты ынтымақтастық арқылы азық-түліктің қауіпсіз және тұтынуға жарамды болуын қамтамасыз ету. Оның құрылуы алғаш рет 2005 жылы Streptococcus suis және малахит жасыл затталған тұщы су балықтарының таралуына байланысты азық-түлік қауіпсіздігіне қатысты бірқатар оқиғалардан кейін ұсынылды.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Қоғамдық денсаулық сақтау дағдарысына жауап беру
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Қатты жедел тыныс алу синдромы (SARS) 2003 жылы
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Гонконгта SARS індеті кезінде FEHD үкіметтің көмек көрсету шараларына жауап ретінде алты айға жуық 3000 уақытша жұмыс орнын құрды. FEHD сонымен қатар эпидемия кезінде жалға алушыларға көмектесу үшін жеңілдеткіш шараларды (мысалы, жалға алудан бас тарту) енгізді. Бұдан басқа, FEHD 750-ден астам жұқтырған бөлімшелерді тазалау және дезинфекциялау арқылы экологиялық гигиеналық қызметтер көрсетуге жауапты болды.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
H5N1 құс тұмауының вирусы
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
2008 жылдың маусым айында Шам Шуй Подағы құс қораларынан алынған нәжіс үлгілері H5N1 вирусына оң нәтиже көрсетті, нәтижесінде 2000-нан астам құс өлтірілді. Луэн Вуа Хуэй, Ян Ой, Ап Лей Чау және По Он Роуд базарларынан алынған экологиялық үлгілерде H5N1 вирусы анықталды. Тірі құс өнімдерін сату орындары мұқият тазаланып, залалсыздандырылды, сауда орындарындағы барлық сатылмаған құс еті сойылды. FEHD Ауыл шаруашылығы, балық шаруашылығы және табиғатты қорғау департаментімен бірге барлық тірі құс дүкендерін және тірі құс сататын дүкендерді тексерді.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Шошқа тұмауы
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
FEHD адам шошқа тұмауының алғашқы тіркелген импорттық жағдайынан кейін Ван Чайдағы Metro Park қонақ үйінде 300-ге жуық адамды карантинге алғаннан кейін тазалау және дезинфекциялау жұмыстарын жүргізді. Заң шығарушы кеңестің қаржы комитеті қоғамдастықтың экологиялық гигиенасын жақсарту үшін 99 миллион доллар қаржы бөлді.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Гонконгтағы COVID-19 пандемиясы (2020 жылдан бастап)
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
FEHD полициямен бірлесіп, тамақтану бизнесі мен оның клиенттері, жалпы жұртшылық сияқты тараптарға қарсы шаралар қолдану үшін бірлескен операцияларды жүргізіп келеді, олар індетке қарсы ережелерге сәйкес келеді, соның ішінде Аурудың алдын алу және оны бақылау (талаптар мен нұсқаулар) (Кәсіпорын және үй-жайлар) туралы ереже (Ш. 599F), Аурудың алдын алу және оны бақылау (вакциналық паспорт) туралы ереже (Ш. 599L) және т.б. Гонконг полиция күштерімен, Еңбек департаментімен, тиісті аудандық кеңселермен және Демалыс және мәдени қызметтер департаментімен бірге FEHD демалыс күндері мен мерекелерде қоғамдық орындарда операциялар жүргізіп келеді. FEHD сонымен қатар ағарту және насихаттау жұмыстарын жүргізіп, үй шаруашылық қызметкерлерін COVID-19-ға қатысты ережелерді сақтауға, мысалы, маска тағу және қоғамдық орындарда жиналуға тыйым салуға еске салады. COVID-19 пандемиясының жағдайында FEHD қоғамдық дәретханаларында дезинфекциялау және тазалау қызметтерін күшейту, сондай-ақ кезең-кезеңімен сенсорлық түрдегі қол дезинфекциялағыштар мен сенсорлық түрдегі унитаз қақпақтарын дезинфекциялау құралдарын орнату сияқты шараларды іске қосты. Бұл дәретханаларға антимикробтық жабын да қолданылды. FEHD сонымен қатар белгілі бір аумақтарда көрсетілетін қызметтерді күшейту үшін тазалау қызметімен келісімшарт жасаған компанияларды ұйымдастырды. 2021 жылдың сәуір айында FEHD (https://www.fehd.gov.hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP.html) веб-бетін іске қосты, ол тамақтану және кестелік кәсіпорындар операторларына пандемия кезінде операциялар туралы ақпаратты түсінуге көмектесетін тиісті ақпаратты және жұмыс құралдарын ұсынады. 2022 жылдың шілдесінде Үкімет хатшылығының қайта ұйымдастырылуына байланысты FEHD Қоршаған орта және экология бюросына бағынуын өзгертті.
Hong Kong government department
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
The motivations behind FEHD's establishment were mostly because of an institutional “system failure and negligence” to address repeated incidents in food handling and food borne infectious diseases. As Dr. Leong Che hung, former Legislative Council member noted, Hong Kong was on the verge of a cholera outbreak caused by filthy and unhygienic states of food manufacturers earlier in 1997, which was exacerbated by the Provisional Regional and Urban Councils’ failure to oversee the actual operations after issuing licences, and the Department of Health's failure to step in in time. The incident exposed the institutional gap, which was clearly an operational gap of “lack of leadership in the overall improvement of food safety and environmental hygiene” and a policy gap of a “central body responsible for policy formulation of food safety and environmental hygiene.”. To address these deficiencies, the Legislative Council passed the bill on 2 December 1999. Development
Major structural reforms
Proposed reorganization of the FEHD
In 2005, the then Chief Executive Donald Tsang addressed in his Policy Address to reorganise government departments and establish a new Food Safety, Inspection and Quarantine Department. The proposed reorganization was motivated by the food safety incidents of Mainland food supplies to Hong Kong including poultry, livestock, marine products and other non staple food on a daily basis. The new department proposed to consolidate functions that were performed by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the FEHD, including the monitoring and controlling of imported and local live food and non food animals, poultry and birds, and the safety of vegetables, meat, seafood and food products. However, the reorganisation was never implemented due to doubts and concerns by legislators as to the effectiveness of the new department in improving quality control of Mainland and foreign food supplies. Establishment of the Centre for Food Safety
In 2006, the Centre for Food Safety was established under FEHD. The purpose of the agency is to ensure food is safe and fit for consumption through tripartite collaboration among the government, food trade, and consumers. Its establishment was first proposed in 2005, after a chain of food safety incidents of an outbreak of Streptococcus suis and freshwater fish contaminated with malachite green. Response to public health crisis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
During the outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong, FEHD created about 3,000 temporary jobs for six months in response to the Government's package of relief measures to help the community. FEHD also introduced relief measures (e. g. rental waiver) to help market tenants during the outbreak. Further, FEHD was responsible for the provision of environmental hygiene services by providing cleansing and pest control services and disinfecting over 750 infected units during the outbreak. H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus
In June 2008, faecal samples from poultry stalls in Sham Shui Po were tested positive of H5N1, more than 2,000 poultry were culled. Environmental samples from Luen Wo Hui Market, Yan Oi Market, Ap Lei Chau Market and Po On Road Market were tested positive of H5N1. The live poultry retail outlets underwent thorough cleaning and disinfection, all unsold poultry in the outlets were slaughtered. FEHD, together with the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, inspected all live poultry stalls and fresh provision shops selling live poultry before the resumption of sale. Swine Influenza
FEHD conducted cleansing and disinfection operations in Metro Park Hotel in Wan Chai with almost 300 people under quarantine after the first confirmed imported case of human swine influenza. A funding of $99 million was approved by the Financial Committee of the Legislative Council to enhance the environmental hygiene of the community. COVID 19 Pandemic in Hong Kong (2020 present)
FEHD has been conducting joint operations with the Police to take enforcement measures against parties like catering businesses and their customers, general public, etc. according to the anti epidemic regulations, including the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation (Cap. 599L), etc. Together with the Hong Kong Police Force, the Labour Department, relevant District Offices and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, FEHD has conducted operations at public places during weekends and public holidays. FEHD has also carried out educational and publicity work, and reminded domestic helpers to comply with the COVID 19 related regulations, such as mask wearing and prohibition of gatherings in public places. In light of the COVID 19 pandemic, FEHD has implemented measures at its public toilets, such as enhancing disinfection and cleansing services, and installing in phases sensor type hand sanitisers and sensor type toilet seat sanitisers. Anti microbial coating was also applied to these toilets. FEHD also arranged cleaning service contractors to strengthen services provided in certain areas. In April 2021, FEHD launched a webpage (https://www. fehd. gov. hk/english/events/covid19/vaccine bubble FP. html) that provides relevant information and working tools to help catering premises and scheduled premises operators to understand the operation details during the pandemic. In July 2022, due to the re organization of the Government Secretariat, FEHD has changed to report to the Environment and Ecology Bureau.
Зираттар мен крематорийлер
Департамент он қоғамдық зиратты басқарады: Гонконг зираты, Маунт-Кэролайн зираты, Жаңа Коулун зираты №8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery), Түрме зираты (Стенли), Wo Hop Shek зираты, Cheung Chau зираты, Tai O зираты, Mui Wo Lai Chi Yuen зираты және Sandy Ridge-дегі екі зират. Ол алты мемлекеттік крематорийді (Гонконг аралындағы Кейп Коллинсон, Коулундағы Даймонд Хилл, Фу-Шан, Квай Чунг, Во Хоп Шек және Чен Чжау жаңа аумақтарында) және он бір қоғамдық колумбарийді (Гонконг аралындағы Кейп Коллинсон мен Вонг Най Чун жолы, Коулундағы Даймонд Хилл, Фу-Шан, Квай Чунг, Цан Цуй, Во Хоп Шек, Чен Чжау, Ламма аралы, Пэн Чжау және Лай Чи Юэн жаңа аумақтарында) пайдаланады.
The department manages ten public cemeteries: Hong Kong Cemetery, Mount Caroline Cemetery, New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery), Prison Cemetery (Stanley), Wo Hop Shek Cemetery, Cheung Chau Cemetery, Tai O Cemetery, Mui Wo Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery and two cemeteries in Sandy Ridge. It operates six government crematoria (at Cape Collinson in Hong Kong Island, Diamond Hill in Kowloon, Fu Shan, Kwai Chung, Wo Hop Shek and Cheung Chau in the New Territories) and eleven public columbaria (at Cape Collinson and Wong Nai Chung Road in Hong Kong Island, Diamond Hill in Kowloon, Fu Shan, Kwai Chung, Tsang Tsui, Wo Hop Shek, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Lai Chi Yuen in the New Territories).
Жаңа жыл жәрмеңкесі
2023 жылдың қарашасында FEHD алдағы Айлық жаңа жыл жәрмеңкесіндегі орындарға ұсыныс білдірген Демократиялық партия мүшелерінің жеңісті ұсыныстарын қабылдамады. FEHD 2017 және 2021 жылдары да демократиялық көзқарасты қолдайтындардың орындарды жеңіп алуына кедергі келтірген.
In November 2023, the FEHD blocked winning bids from members of the Democratic Party, who were looking to have bid on stalls for the upcoming Lunar New Year Fair. The FEHD had also blocked pro democracy figures from winning bids on stalls in 2017 and 2021.