Dr WONG Ka-hing, Director of the Research Institute for Future Food and Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, has been appointed as a serving member of the Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene by the HKSAR government for a term of two years from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2025.
Established on 1 April 2000, the Council advises the Government on food and environmental hygiene issues, including policies relating to food safety, environmental hygiene and veterinary public health, the regulation of farms, food premises, food hazards and food composition, as well as community education and publicity programmes for promoting public understanding of food safety and public responsibility for environmental hygiene.