More categories of fresh food can be imported via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) starting on July 1, during the designated period, said the Centre for Food Safety.
Cross-border drivers can deliver fresh produce and livestock via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge from July 1; deliveries should be made between 9 pm and 5 am. The new measure means the trade will have one more alternative for transporting food products from the mainland to Hong Kong, apart from the Man Kam To Boundary Control Point in the northeast.
The Centre for Food Safety yesterday said vehicles carrying frozen and chilled meat and game, eggs, milk, vegetables, and fruits can choose to enter Hong Kong via the mega bridge from 9 pm on July 1. CFS will carry out inspections. Inspection procedures at the bridge port will be similar to those for vehicles importing fresh produce via the Man Kam To Boundary Control Point, including examining details of import documents, conducting physical inspections, and sampling fresh food.
The spokesman of the CFS emphasized the arrangement of goods vehicles carrying livestock by land from the mainland has not changed, which means they must enter Hong Kong via Man Kam To for inspection.
Source: thestandard.com.hk
