Food and Health Bureau

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Food and Health Bureau
Agency overview
食物及衞生局
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Formed	2007
(etc.)
Headquarters	18/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Ministers responsible	Professor Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health^[1] Dr , Under Secretary for Food and Health
Agency executives	Elizabeth Tse, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health) Philip Yung, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food)
Child agencies	Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Department of Health Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Website	www.fhb.gov.hk

Food and Health Bureau

Traditional Chinese

食物及衞生局

Simplified Chinese

食物及卫生局

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shíwù jí Wèishēng Jú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sihk maht kahp waih sāng guhk
Jyutping	Sik6 mat6 kap6 wai6 sang1 guk6

Food and Health Bureau is a government bureau that manages food & environmental hygiene and health policies in Hong Kong.

It oversees policies on environmental hygiene, food safety, agriculture and fisheries, food markets, animal welfare, burial, reduction of salt and sugar in food , primary healthcare and disease prevention, Chinese medicine, regulatory regime, research and health data, health advisory and appeals, and planning for manpower, professional development and health infrastructure. The Department of Health, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, and the Government Laboratory report to the Bureau. The Secretary for Food and Health also oversees the operation of the Hospital Authority, a statutory body of Hong Kong which is responsible for managing Hong Kong's public hospitals services.

History[]

When the Principal Officials Accountability System (POAS) was introduced in July 2002, the name of the Bureau was renamed from Health and Welfare Bureau to the name of Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department was transferred from the now abolished . Prior to the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 it was named Health and Welfare Branch.

In July 2007, it was renamed to the current name of Food and Health Bureau, with its functions on welfare transferred to the Labour and Welfare Bureau.

References[]

^ "簡歷 - 食物及衞生局". www.fhb.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

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Food and Health Bureau

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History[]

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v t Food and Health Bureau (Hong Kong)
Secretary for Food and Health: Sophia Chan
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Department of Health Food and Environmental Hygiene Department