Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene

Meeting on Tuesday, 14 June 2011, from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda
(as at 13 June 2011)

I.Confirmation of minutes
(2:00 pm - 2:05 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1935/10-11
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1936/10-11 on 1 June 2011)

-Minutes of meeting on 12 April 2011

II.Information paper(s) issued since the last meeting
(2:05 pm - 2:10 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1846/10-11(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 20 May 2011)

-Letter from Mr P.A. CRUSH concerning the authority of licensing officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department dated 16 May 2011

LC Paper No. CB(2)1864/10-11(01)
(issued on 23 May 2011)

-Administration's response on the illegal occupation of public place for business extension by shops and the exposure of food for sale in food premises

LC Paper No. CB(2)1948/10-11(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 June 2011)

-Letter from West Island School on trawl ban in Hong Kong waters dated 12 May 2011

LC Paper No. CB(2)1948/10-11(02)
(English version only)
(issued on 2 June 2011)

-Copy of one of the 30 similar letters from students of Clearwater Bay School on trawl ban in Hong Kong waters dated 16 May 2011

LC Paper No. CB(2)2019/10-11(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 9 June 2011)

-Letter from Mr P.A. CRUSH concerning the authority of licensing officers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department dated 1 June 2011

LC Paper No. CB(2)2022/10-11(01)
(Chinese version only)
(issued on 9 June 2011)

-Referral from Legislative Council Members' meeting on 12 May 2011 with the Wong Tai Sin District Council members on the illegal occupation of public place for business extension by shops and food premises

LC Paper No. CB(2)2037/10-11(01)
(English version only)
(issued on 10 June 2011)

-Letter from Hong Kong Underwater Association on trawl ban in Hong Kong waters dated 8 June 2011

III.Items for discussion at the next meeting
(2:10 pm - 2:15 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(01)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-List of outstanding items for discussion

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(02)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-List of follow-up actions

*IV.Briefing on measures to follow up on the Plasticizer contamination incident in Taiwan
(2:15 pm - 2:50 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(03)
(issued on 9 June 2011)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(04)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2)2050/10-11(01)
(attached)

-Letter dated 7 June 2011 from the Legal Services Division of the Secretariat to the Administration on G.N.(E.) 20 and G.N.(E.) 21 of 2011 made under section 78B of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2050/10-11(02)
(issued on 13 June 2011)

-Administration's response dated 10 June 2011 to the letter from the Legal Services Division of the Secretariat on G.N.(E.) 20 and G.N.(E.) 21 of 2011 made under section 78B of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132)

LC Paper No. LS 77/10-11
(attached)

-Paper prepared by the Legal Service Division of the Secretariat on the two further orders made under section 78B of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) (G.N. (E.) 22 and G.N. (E.) 23 of 2011) gazetted on 9 June 2011 and 10 June 2011

*V.Proposals to restrict the presence of prohibited substances in dried milk, condensed milk and reconstituted milk
(2:50 pm - 3:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(05)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(06)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

*VI.Proposed measures to further enhance animal welfare
(3:25 pm - 3:55 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(07)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(08)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

VII.Mosquito prevention and control measures
(3:55 pm - 4:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(09)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/10-11(10)
(issued on 8 June 2011)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

VIII.Any other business
(4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)

* All other Hon Members of LegCo are invited to join the discussion of this item

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
13 June 2011