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Written by: Li Enci
2020-07-03 18:40
Last update date: 2020-07-03 18:40The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said today (3rd) that the first round of this year’s target rodent eradication operation in all districts of Hong Kong has ended on June 26. During the period, a total of 626 dead rats and 620 mice were collected. The hawker or food premises made 69 related prosecutions.
A spokesman for the FEHD said that the second 10-week territory-wide rodent control campaign will start on July 6. He called on all walks of life to cut off the food sources of rats, remove the hiding points of rats and block the passages between mice.
FEHD places poison baits and mousetraps at 10,000 locations
A spokesman for the FEHD said today (3rd) that an eight-week anti-rodent operation in the target community was launched on May 4. Over the past eight weeks, the FEHD has stepped up rodent control at places where rodent infestations have occurred, such as rear lanes, garbage collection points, markets, hawkers and cooked food markets, and surrounding construction sites. It has placed poison baits at 9,271 and 19,333 locations, respectively. And mousetraps, destroy 221 rat holes, collect 626 dead rats and capture 620 mice.
In addition to active rodent control, FEHD staff also strengthened street cleaning services and market and hawker market cleaning in target communities, including sweeping and cleaning streets and back alleys, as well as clearing debris and garbage from streets, markets and hawker markets, Maintain environmental sanitation.
The second phase of the Hong Kong Rodent Campaign launched on July 6
In addition, the FEHD has stepped up inspections of markets, hawkers and cooked food markets, food premises, etc., with particular attention to the poor sanitation of the premises, the handling of food and cleaning appliances in the back lanes, the storage of debris and illegal waste disposal, etc. Law enforcement actions. In the past eight weeks, the FEHD has conducted 16,540 inspections, issued 1,849 hygiene recommendations, 1,694 verbal warnings, two warning letters, 940 fixed penalty notices and made 69 prosecutions.
FEHD also strengthened public education and publicity, and organized 110 hygiene promotion activities for property management companies, restaurant owners, market stall owners and vendors in private buildings to provide them with knowledge and technical guidance on rodent infestation .
The spokesman also said that the authorities will not relax their efforts to prevent rodent infestation. The second 10-week territory-wide rodent control campaign will start on July 6. He called on all sectors of the society to continue to participate in relevant actions, cut off the food sources of rats, remove the hiding points of rats and block the passages between rats, and work together to prevent and control rodent infestation.
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