{"id":869,"date":"2016-12-29T20:01:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T04:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hkfc.org.hk\/?page_id=869"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:25:04","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkfc.org.hk\/en_GB\/about\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1984, the Hong Kong Food Council is an independent and non-profit-making organization. The Council is formed by prominent non-profit-making trade and industrial associations and leading traders and manufacturers from various food sectors in Hong Kong, including cereals, sugar, edible oils, sauces and preserved fruits, confectionery and bakery products, fruits and vegetables, flour, canned food, tea, wines and catering service. Since its inception, the Council has been maintaining close contacts with government authorities and public bodies concerned and has been organizing and participating in a wide spectrum of activities such as luncheon talks, seminars, outgoing missions, training programmes and food expos, with the aim of promoting exchanges among the trade and industry and uplifting the standard of the practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Council\u2019s primary objectives are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. to foster the food trade and industry locally and internationally and to strengthen ties among persons engaged in the food trade and industry;<\/p>\n<p>2. to promote food hygiene and to protect public health;<\/p>\n<p>3. to ensure stable food prices and supply;<\/p>\n<p>4. to negotiate with the government authorities, public bodies and industry concerned on matters relating to food, including the formulation and implementation of laws and regulations; and<\/p>\n<p>5. to organize food training programmes to upgrade the quality of food practitioners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The followings are current institution members of the Council:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Manufacturers\u2019 Association of Hong Kong<br \/>\nThe Chinese General Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nampakhongassnhk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nam Pak Hong Association<\/a><br \/>\nHong Kong General Association of Edible Oil Importers &amp; Exporters<br \/>\nHong Kong Edible Oils Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Oil Merchants Association<br \/>\nThe Rice Merchants\u2019 Association of Hong Kong<br \/>\nHong Kong Rice Suppliers\u2019 Association<br \/>\nHong Kong &amp; Kowloon Sauce &amp; Preserved Fruits Amalgamated Employers Association<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hkfc.org.hk\/en_GB\/2013\/01\/01\/%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e9%a3%9f%e5%93%81%e8%a1%9e%e7%94%9f%e7%ae%a1%e7%90%86%e4%ba%ba%e5%93%a1%e5%8d%94%e6%9c%83%e7%b0%a1%e4%bb%8b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Food Hygiene Administrators Association<\/a><br \/>\nHong Kong Federation of Restaurants &amp; Related Trades<br \/>\nThe Hong Kong &amp; Kowloon Fruit &amp; Vegetable Employees &amp; Employers Guild<br \/>\nHong Kong &amp; Kowloon Frozen Meat Dealers\u2018 Association<br \/>\nHong Kong &amp; Kowloon Tea Trade Merchants Association<br \/>\nThe Hong Kong Cereals &amp; Oils Traders\u2019 Association<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hkfc.org.hk\/zh_HK\/2013\/01\/01\/%e5%9c%98%e9%ab%94%e6%9c%83%e5%93%a1%e7%b0%a1%e4%bb%8b-%e6%b8%af%e4%b9%9d%e7%b3%96%e6%9e%9c%e9%a4%85%e4%b9%be%e9%ba%b5%e9%a3%bd%e8%a5%bf%e9%a4%85%e5%90%8c%e6%a5%ad%e5%95%86%e6%9c%83-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Confectioners &amp; Bakers Association of Hong Kong &amp; Kowloon<\/a><br \/>\nThe Hong Kong &amp; Kowloon Provisions, Wine &amp; Spirit Dealers\u2019 Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Food Safety Association Greater China Corporation Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Japanese Foods Importer Association<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hkfc.org.hk\/zh_HK\/2013\/01\/01\/%e5%9c%98%e9%ab%94%e6%9c%83%e5%93%a1%e7%b0%a1%e4%bb%8b-%e9%a6%99%e6%b8%af%e8%b1%ac%e8%82%89%e8%a1%8c%e7%b8%bd%e5%95%86%e6%9c%83\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pork Traders General Association of Hong Kong<\/a><br \/>\nHong Kong Dried Seafood And Grocery Merchants Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Chilled Fattener Retailers Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Egg Merchants Association (Fung-Kwai-Tong)<br \/>\nHong Kong Chamber of Seafood Merchants<br \/>\nThe Merchants Association of First Wholesalers\/Jobbery of Imported Fresh Fruits and Vegetables<br \/>\nAll China Bakery Association<br \/>\nDeep Bay Oyster Cultivation Association<br \/>\nHong Kong Wine and Spirits Association<br \/>\nF.S.I.(C.H.K.) Association<\/p>\n<p>(In no particular order)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 1984, the Hong Kong Food Council is an independent and non-profit-making organization. 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