The alarm was raised last month when nine people became sick after drinking pig lung soup. They all later recovered. Officials have now suspended the supply of pig liver, lung and kidneys while farms are checked. It is the latest in a series of food scares to have surfaced in Hong Kong. Chickens, ducks and geese were banned from sale last December after an outbreak of bird flu infected 18 people, killing six.
Poultry is now back on the market.
Fish was also declared unhealthy in March after toxic algae killed most commercial fish stocks in the territory. Hong Kong has also experienced vegetable scares, with some greens imported from China containing unacceptably high levels of pesticides. Clenbuterol The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.