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Snow cone vendors to wear special badges

Mar 28, 2011 News

Intended to educate vendors on food safety and to encourage proper food hygiene practices, the Meat and Food Hygiene Department of the Mayor and City Council recently spearheaded a seminar for snow cone vendors who operate in the city.  The forum was held at the Municipality’s Public Health building, Orange Walk, Bourda.
Designed to discuss issues, the forum addressed cleanliness of surrounding in which preparation of consumables is done and the importance of proper personal hygiene. The vendors were reminded of the importance of wholesome raw materials used in preparation of food for sale.
According to Public Relations Officer, Royston King, snow cone vendors are required to be holders of valid food handler’s certificates, which require examination by the Medical Officer of Health attached to the Municipality. He revealed that vendors who attended the seminar had their carts physically examined by Environmental Health Officers.  The result of the examination will see the vendors being provided with badges to certify operation in the city.
King noted that vendors who did not attend the seminar will not be allowed to operate without an identification card from the Medical Officer of Health.
Meanwhile, the Municipality in a statement issued Friday evening, revealed that it has observed that over the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the incidence of dumping in different sections.
King pointed out that apparently some persons are reluctant to go to Haags Bosch to dispose of their garbage and seem more inclined to engage in “this very unfriendly environmental practice.” Certain areas in the city, he noted, are being used as mini- dumpsite. These include areas in the vicinity of the Indian Arrival Monument, on Church Street; the parapet in front of Campbellville Secondary School; King Street; Alexander Street, and in other areas in the central commercial section of the City.
The Council, King said, is admonishing citizens who are involved in such practices to desist. The Solid Waste Management Department, he noted, has an active and efficient collection system. Refuse, he said, is collected daily in the business community and once or twice per week in residential communities.
Also, the Council is appealing to businesses to stop paying those who have veered off the normal side of life to dispose of garbage in alleyways, canals and on parapets, King added. This practice, he asserted, puts at risk the health of local communities as well as places an additional burden on an already strained financial system. Further, it compromises other core services as resources may have to be diverted from other areas to treat with parapet and roadside litter.

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