You reach for the preserved bean curd. Dinner is ready. Then you remember Kung Wo was in the news today. Now you’re holding the bottle, trying to work out whether the warning covers what you were about to eat. Fair enough. A familiar name on the label usually saves you thinking. Today it gives you something to check.

On October 13, the Centre for Food Safety reported excessive Bacillus cereus in a bottled preserved bean curd sample from Kung Wo Beancurd Factory. That word “sample” matters. The useful thing is identifying the product covered by the notice. “Kung Wo” gets your attention. The details tell you whether the bottle in your hand belongs back on the table.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong plans to pilot an AI “city brain”. Look, give it a go. But dinner offers a very ordinary test of clever government technology. Someone hears a food warning and needs to find the affected product quickly. If they’re still squinting at a bottle while searching on their phone, the city brain has some homework. Start with making the warning easy to use.

Before opening yours, match its details against the food safety notice. If they match the flagged product, that bottle stays unopened tonight.