Food and Health Bureau

The Food and Health Bureau (FHB) was a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2022 that managed food hygiene, environmental hygiene and health policies in Hong Kong. It was led by the Secretary for Food and Health (SFH) during its existence.

Food and Health Bureau
食物及衞生局
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
Formed2007
Preceding agency
  • Health, Welfare and Food Bureau
Dissolved2022
Superseding agencies
Headquarters18/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Ministers responsible
  • Professor Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health
  • Dr Chui Tak-yi, 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
Websitewww.fhb.gov.hk
Food and Health Bureau
Traditional Chinese食物及衞生局
Simplified Chinese食物及卫生局

Established in 2007 as one of the superseding agencies of the former Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, the FHB became defunct as of 1 July 2022, its responsibilities being split among the Environment and Ecology Bureau and the Health Bureau.

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