【16 May 2025, Hong Kong 】The Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre (STC) led a professional team to participate in HOFEX 2025, the region's premier international food & beverage and hospitality exhibition, held from 14 to 16 May 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This prestigious biennial event attracted over 2,000 international brand exhibitors from 28 countries and regions, and more than 20,000 industry professionals.
The specialists from STC's Chemical, Food and Pharmaceuticals Department were on-site to answer queries from guests and representatives of the food & beverage and hospitality sectors, providing detailed explanations of food and packaging regulations. They also introduced STC's comprehensive safety testing services, which help ensure that tested products comply with various safety standards and regulations in different countries. In recent years, numerous domestic and overseas gourmet brands have entered the Hong Kong market, conducting rigorous product testing to ensure that residents and visitors can enjoy products and food safely and confidently. STC has received extensive support from clients over the years in the field of testing and certification services and has gained broad international recognition, including HOKLAS, CMA, CNAS, FCC, CPSC, Govmark, FDA, LUCIDEON, SATRA, DAkkS, and HALAL.
Mr. Alan FUNG, Senior Manager of STC's Chemical, Food, and Pharmaceutical Department said, "We are pleased to share the latest information on testing and certification, along with current trends in food and packaging, with professionals from the food & beverage and hospitality industries who visited us. This exhibition gathered food brands from around the world, making it a great platform for us to interact with our existing and potential clients. We look forward to participating again in the next edition."
For more information about STC's food, chemical, and pharmaceutical safety testing services, please feel free to contact us.
About STC
Established in 1963, Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre (STC) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, providing over 60 years of testing, inspection, and certification expertise. It offers a wide range of conformity assessment services for myriad products, including Toys, Children’s Products, Textiles, Apparel, Footwear, Furniture, Electrical and Electronic Products, Food, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Products, and Medical Devices, as well as Rail Transit and Automotive Parts. To meet the growing global demand for testing and certification services, not only has STC set up cutting-edge testing laboratories and offices in China’s major regions, such as Guangdong, Shanghai, Changzhou and Guangxi, but it has also established offices and testing laboratories in Vietnam, Japan, the USA and Germany. Simultaneously, STC is expanding its business scale to offer comprehensive, professional testing and inspection services to clients from all sectors. For more details about STC, please visit our website: www.stc.group.