Makati mayor orders inspection of all canteens in public schools

07/08/2011
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay has ordered city health officials to immediately inspect all canteens in the city’s public schools to make sure they strictly comply with sanitation standards in the wake of last Wednesday’s incident at the Makati High School Annex 1 in Barangay Poblacion where six students immediately fell ill after eating food from the school canteen.

Binay cited the report of Dr. Estela Barrios, MHD officer-in-charge, who said the sanitary inspectors sent to investigate the school canteen have recommended the temporary suspension of its sanitary permit after finding insecticide products in a cabinet with kitchen utensils.

Barrios said her office yesterday sent to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for testing some samples of fried eggs, catsup and cooking oil taken from the school canteen by the sanitary inspectors..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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