Objectives to ascertain whether food vendors comply with food hygiene principles.
On 15th May to 30th June, the Environmental Health Officers of the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly were on their rounds to check if food vendors comply with food hygiene principles such as;
- Cooking and preparing food in clean environment
- Provision of appropriate hand washing facility to ensure hand washing under clean water.
- Checking of food vendors medical certificate
FINDINGS
We found out that all the food vendors inspected were having medical certificate and also three (3) food vendors who were referred to the health facility were not in operation.
In all twenty-two (22) food vendors premises were inspected. 19 of the food vendors were very clean and conformed to hygiene standards. However, three of the food vending premises had accumulation of refuse behind their kitchen. The vendors were made to abate the nuisances instantly.
Conclusion
The exercise was successfully carried out