Caterer Gourmetz fined $13k over River Valley Primary gastroenteritis outbreak餐饮公司 Gourmetz 因 River Valley Primary 肠胃炎疫情被罚款 1.3 万美元
Caterer Gourmetz has been fined $13,000 for food safety lapses after about 45 River Valley Primary School pupils went down with gastroenteritis from eating central kitchen meals.The company, which operates the school's canteen, was convicted on Friday (Oct 9).Between Jan 14 and 16 this year, a total of 60 students reported food poisoning symptoms.In a media release on Friday, the...
Caterer Gourmetz has been fined $13,000 for food safety lapses after about 45 River Valley Primary School pupils went down with gastroenteritis from eating central kitchen meals.
The company, which operates the school's canteen, was convicted on Friday (Oct 9).
Between Jan 14 and 16 this year, a total of 60 students reported food poisoning symptoms .
In a media release on Friday, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) confirmed 45 gastroenteritis cases. One student was hospitalised and has since recovered.
SFA and the Communicable Diseases Agency inspected Gourmetz's kitchen premises at 1 Enterprise Road and identified multiple food safety lapses, including food storage violations.
A follow-up inspection by SFA found additional food storage violations as well as false food labelling.
Court documents seen by AsiaOne state that on Jan 16, Gourmetz had failed to ensure its establishment was properly maintained and kept clean.
The rubber gasket of a door at the meat chiller room was damaged, the seafood chiller room had accumulated scum on its built-in rack, and the ceiling of the processed vegetable chiller room had black spots.
On Jan 28, Gourmetz was found to have labelled its bento meal sets as ready by 8.30am, when they were actually ready at about 6.50am.
Raw chicken was found stored on dirty surfaces and trays of frozen pastries were not covered before kept in a raw materials freezer.
The company representative did not present mitigation in court, reported The Straits Times.
lim.kewei@asiaone.com
餐饮公司 Gourmetz 因食品安全疏忽被罚款 13,000 美元，此前约 45 名 River Valley 小学学生因食用中央厨房提供的饭菜而患上肠胃炎。
经营学校食堂的这家公司于周五（10 月 9 日）被判有罪。
今年1月14日至16日期间，共有60名学生报告出现食物中毒症状。
新加坡食品局（SFA）周五发布新闻稿，确认了45例肠胃炎病例。其中一名学生住院治疗，现已康复。
新加坡食品局和传染病管理局检查了位于企业路 1 号的 Gourmetz 厨房场所，发现多项食品安全漏洞，包括食品储存违规。
新加坡食品局的后续检查发现了其他食品储存违规行为以及虚假食品标签。
亚洲新闻网看到的法庭文件显示，1月16日，Gourmetz未能确保其场所得到妥善维护和保持清洁。
肉类冷藏室门上的橡胶密封条损坏了，海鲜冷藏室的内置货架上积聚了污垢，加工蔬菜冷藏室的天花板上有黑点。
1 月 28 日，Gourmetz 被发现将便当套餐标注为早上 8:30 即可食用，而实际上它们在早上 6:50 左右就已经准备好了。
在生鸡肉被发现存放在肮脏的表面上，冷冻糕点托盘在放入原材料冷冻库之前没有加盖。
据《海峡时报》报道，该公司代表没有在法庭上提出任何减刑理由。
lim.kewei@asiaone.com