The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public yesterday to cease consumption of bags of dried lily bulb found to contain excessive levels of cadmium, underlining that the retailers involved have been ordered to stop selling the problematic product.
According an IAM statement, the bags of dried lily bulb, branded as “特選百合”,weigh 303 grams and is sourced from JEBN (樓上). The product is labelled “best before 28 Feb 2026”, which has been found to contain 0.67 parts per million of heavy metal cadmium. The statement noted that the product exceeds the legal limits.
In the statement, the bureau pointed out that cadmium is a heavy metal contaminant, and long-term intake can lead to chronic poisoning, causing damage to kidney function in humans. Based on an analysis of the cadmium levels detected in the affected sample, under normal consumption conditions, the likelihood of adverse health effects from this product is low.
