News and Activities

The Latest Regulations of Dietary Supplement in the U.S. The Association has organized a talk on the Dietary Supplement Regulation in the U.S. on 12 March 2007 in the Senate Room on 16/F., Li Ka Shing Building, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The guest speaker is Dr. Roger Clemens, Director, Regulatory Science Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California. Dr. Clemens has talked about the background and history of the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) which was passed by the US Congress in 1994. He also discussed... Details

International Health Food Symposium The Symposium held by the Hong Kong Health Food Association and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology on 14 October 2006 was seamlessly completed. The five overseas speakers had brought some brand new research findings in cancer prevention using health food and the new trend in personalized supplementation with health food. It was discovered that individuals and different races have variable responses to particular health food ingredients due to variability of their genes.... Details

ICMCM 2006 Exhibition HKHFA has set up an exhibition booth at the ICMCM (The International Conference & Exhibition of the Modernization of Chinese Medicine & Health Products) during 17 to 21 August 2006. HKHFA health index card and healthy menu booklets published by Department of Health were distributed to visitors for free. A computer game comprised of health quiz was set up for visitors to play. The correct answers were given after the game to reinforce their knowledge in protecting health. Details

The First Annual General Meeting and Dinner The first annual general meeting and anniversary dinner of the Association were held on 4 August 2006. Representatives from 22 member companies attended the annual general meeting while more than 40 members and industry representatives joined the banquet. The general meeting started with the annual report of the President Ms. Angela Lau, who then introduced Ms. Vivien Chou, the Vice President, Dr. Antony Poon the Secretary, Dr. Albert Wong the Treasurer, Mr. Abraham Chan, Mr. Covington Leung and Mrs. Deborah... Details

Hong Kong Health Food Industry Visited Guangzhou for Trading Development A group 25 members of the health food industry embarked the express train early in the morning on 6 June 2006 to begin a 2-day trip to Guangzhou organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) and Hong Kong Health Food Association. The first stop in the afternoon at Guangzhou is visit to the Food & Drug Administration of Guangdong Province. The Director General, Dr. Ma Guangyu, gave the visiting group an overview of the regulatory control on health food.... Details