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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,
1993
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"IT IS A DUTY WE PERFORM VERY SERIOUSLY AND INTEGRITY, MR MATHEWS ADDED.
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FOOD SURVEILLANCE FIGURES FOR THIRD QUARTER RELEASED
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THE HYGIENE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS TAKEN 6,542 FOOD SAMPLES FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
THIS
IS PART OF
ITS
REGULAR
FOOD
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME CONDUCTED TO ENSURE THAT THE FOOD SUPPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY IS WHOLESOME, UNCONTAMINATED, PROPERLY LABELLED AND OF NUTRITIOUS QUALITY.
EXAMINATION REPORTS REVEALED THAT 6,506 SAMPLES WERE SATISFACTORY WHILE 36 OR 0.55 PER CENT WERE UNSATISFACTORY,
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION ALSO SHOWS THAT OUT OF THE 2,810 SAMPLES TAKEN, 2,636 WERE SATISFACTORY WHILE 174 OR 6.2 PER CENT WERE UNSATISFACTORY.
MOST OF THE UNSATISFACTORY CASES INCLUDED HIGH BACTERIAL COUNT IN SHELLFISH, FISH FOR EATEN RAW AND MEAT PRODUCTS.
HEAVY
OTHERS WERE MAINLY SEAFOOD CONTAINING HIGHER LEVEL OF METAL AND FOOD CONTAINING NON-PERMITTED OR EXCESSIVE FOOD ADDITIVES.
THE UNSATISFACTORY CASES FOR MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS WERE MAINLY DUE ΤΟ IMPROPER HANDLING AND STORAGE OF THESE FOODS IN RETAIL OUTLETS.
THE DIVISION CARRIED OUT 61 PROSECUTIONS AND ISSUED 89 WARNING
LETTERS.
THE DIVISION ALSO CHECKED 3,815 LABELS FOR PREPACKAGED FOOD, ISSUED 47 WARNING LETTERS AND EXECUTED 14 PROSECUTIONS.
IN THE SAME PERIOD, THE DIVISION INSPECTED 2,026,062 KILOGRAMS OF IMPORTED MEAT AND 3,420,203 KILOGRAMS OF IMPORTED POULTRY IN 645 INSPECTIONS.
A TOTAL OF 227,714 KILOGRAMS OF FOOD WERE FOUND UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND WERE DESTROYED.
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