The Medical Council found Chu Kin-wah guilty of two counts of professional misconduct after gauze was left in a patient’s abdomen following a 2015 operation.
The 38-year-old defendant denies the charges, while the complainant gave evidence by video link and prosecutors played two recorded interviews in the High Court.
The chain said the samples were tested in multiple rounds by several internationally accredited independent laboratories after it suspended its shrimp burger range as a precaution.
The Chief Executive said the city could help mainland startups expand overseas while giving international technology companies access to the mainland market.
Legislator Chan Hoi-yan has called for investigations into possible illegal importation and breeding, while the Environment and Ecology Bureau examines existing definitions and control measures.