Hong Kong's health chief Wednesday apologized for the previous misleading information about Sudan red eggs and vowed to strengthen food import scheme of Hong Kong to guard food safety of the city.

The Center for Food Safety Monday assured the public that Sudan dye eggs was not imported, which is contradictory to the report Wednesday by Food and Environmental Hygiene Department that Sudan dye eggs was discovered in Hong Kong.

York Chow, Hong Kong's Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, apologized for the poor communication and said the Center for Food Safety should inform the public as soon as there are any suspected food safety hazards in the community.

He added that all the egg imports from Hunan Province were stopped until the health of the egg sources are confirmed. Besides, the department will try to establish a legal framework to register egg importers and make sure they have health certification for their products before importing them to Hong Kong.

Chow admitted that Hong Kong faces tremendous challenge in term of food safety mainly because most of the food are being imported from many different countries and places.

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