The embargo - which virtually emptied wholesale fish markets Tuesday - forced Permanent Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Carrie Yau Tsang Ka-lai to rush to Beijing for high-level emergency sessions to smooth out the crisis.
After a day of meetings with high- level officials, Yau emerged with what she called a consensus that Hong Kong authorities had handled the crisis properly.
It was not immediately clear, however, whether Yau's visit to the capital would mean a swifter resumption of mainland fish imports to Hong Kong.
The fish controversy broke to the surface just days ago when trace amounts of malachite green, a prohibited and potentially dangerous chemical, were found in freshwater fish imported from Guangdong.
Source: The Standard
After a day of meetings with high- level officials, Yau emerged with what she called a consensus that Hong Kong authorities had handled the crisis properly.
It was not immediately clear, however, whether Yau's visit to the capital would mean a swifter resumption of mainland fish imports to Hong Kong.
The fish controversy broke to the surface just days ago when trace amounts of malachite green, a prohibited and potentially dangerous chemical, were found in freshwater fish imported from Guangdong.
Source: The Standard