School Canteen Operators
Be strict with school canteen operators
Despite numerous reminders to canteen operators to practise good hygiene when preparing food, some food handlers continue to ignore this ruling.There are still some operators who fail to meet the stipulated hygiene standards such as covering their food and wearing aprons, gloves and caps.A check by Streets recently found the cleanliness level at some school canteens at an average level.Although most operators wore aprons, they failed to put on gloves and caps and some even had unkempt hair.Food like chicken rice, noodles, char kway teow, nasi lemak, roti canai and assorted kuih were left uncovered, exposing them to flies and dust.A parent, who only wanted to be know as Ng, said his 14-year-old son suffered from mild food poisoning after having nasi lemak during recess in school recently."A few hours after consuming it, he started to throw up and ended up with diarrhoea. When we took him to the clinic, the doctor confirmed that my son had food poisoning."Although his condition was not serious, we are upset that the operators did not observe the cleanliness standards," he said, adding that canteen operators should not just focused on making profits.Ng said school principals, teachers and administrators should also take the effort to check their canteen and warn the operators if anything was lacking."We are aware that not all canteen operators underestimate the importance of food hygiene."We just don't want to see our children falling sick and suffering from food poisoning," said Ng, who was accompanied by a few other worried parents.The parents hoped that the state Education Department and the state Health Department would take the issue seriously and look into the matter. http://berita.cari.com.my/news.php?id=1253&lang=en IMPROVE THE CLEANLINESS OF A CANTEEN
Ministry of Education statistics reveal each year about 200 cases of poisoning occurred in the food and drinks in school canteens across the country. This
Despite numerous reminders to canteen operators to practise good hygiene when preparing food, some food handlers continue to ignore this ruling.There are still some operators who fail to meet the stipulated hygiene standards such as covering their food and wearing aprons, gloves and caps.A check by Streets recently found the cleanliness level at some school canteens at an average level.Although most operators wore aprons, they failed to put on gloves and caps and some even had unkempt hair.Food like chicken rice, noodles, char kway teow, nasi lemak, roti canai and assorted kuih were left uncovered, exposing them to flies and dust.A parent, who only wanted to be know as Ng, said his 14-year-old son suffered from mild food poisoning after having nasi lemak during recess in school recently."A few hours after consuming it, he started to throw up and ended up with diarrhoea. When we took him to the clinic, the doctor confirmed that my son had food poisoning."Although his condition was not serious, we are upset that the operators did not observe the cleanliness standards," he said, adding that canteen operators should not just focused on making profits.Ng said school principals, teachers and administrators should also take the effort to check their canteen and warn the operators if anything was lacking."We are aware that not all canteen operators underestimate the importance of food hygiene."We just don't want to see our children falling sick and suffering from food poisoning," said Ng, who was accompanied by a few other worried parents.The parents hoped that the state Education Department and the state Health Department would take the issue seriously and look into the matter. http://berita.cari.com.my/news.php?id=1253&lang=en IMPROVE THE CLEANLINESS OF A CANTEEN
Ministry of Education statistics reveal each year about 200 cases of poisoning occurred in the food and drinks in school canteens across the country. This