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Written by: Liang Zurao He Jinkang
2021-03-06 16:21
Last update date: 2021-03-06 16:21
K11 MUSEA in Tsim Sha Tsui reopened today. The lease of the "Famous Tide Restaurant", which was infected by a group of 50 people earlier, was terminated. Government expert consultant Yuan Guoyong pointed out that the amount of fresh air only reached one-third of the license requirements.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department conducts regular inspections to licensed restaurants every year, and the restaurants are required to submit certificates for the inspection of the ventilation system by the contractor every year.
However, during the period from February last year to January this year, the department conducted more than 207,000 inspections to restaurants and found no cases of violation of the regulations.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department stated that it had inspected the Ming Chao restaurant in February and found no changes or additions. However, it did not respond to the method used to test the ventilation system of the restaurant during the inspection. It only relied on the contractor to submit the inspection certificate for verification.
An air quality consultant Huang Jinsong said that there is no instrument in technology that can directly measure the indoor air exchange rate. It takes some calculations to get the answer, and each test can cost nearly 10,000 yuan.
▼K11 MUSEA reopened▼
The K11 MUSEA famous trendy restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui failed to meet the requirements for fresh air volume, and a large-scale infection was suspected. This exposed the FEHD’s restaurant licensing monitoring system or defects.
Yuan Guoyong, an expert consultant to the government and the Chair Professor of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong, visited the shopping mall on Monday (1st). He pointed out that the air supply on the basement floor of Ming Chao Restaurant was only one-third of the design requirement, which would have a great chance of causing appearance in restaurants. "Short-distance air transmission", the virus infects most customers and employees.
The K11 Musea famous tide restaurant group broke out.
(Data Picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)
To obtain a license, a restaurant must obtain a "Ventilation System Certificate" from the supplier
According to the current regulations, each person in a restaurant shall be provided with at least 17 cubic meters of outdoor air per hour.
Therefore, when a restaurant applies for a license, the person in charge of the ventilation system must obtain a "Ventilation System Certificate" from the supplier. If the applicant meets all the licensing requirements, the department will issue a license after on-site inspection and confirmation.
An annual traffic wind inspection is required to prove that the food ring refuses to disclose the contractor
After the license is issued, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will inspect the restaurants regularly to ensure that they meet the requirements. The restaurants also need to hire a registered specialist contractor (ventilation system engineering category) for inspection every year and submit the inspection certificate issued by the contractor to the department.
The FEHD responded to "Hong Kong 01". In July last year and February this year, the department checked the approved plan twice at the famous restaurant, and found no changes or additions. It stated that the restaurant is currently closed, but There was no reply to the name of the contractor who issued the certificate for inspection of the restaurant. The reporter is now asking about the name of the contractor.
If the licensee or owner violates the regulations, he can be fined up to 10,000 yuan and imprisoned for 3 months.
Over 200,000 inspections of the food ring every year, no violations were found
In addition, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department conducted more than 207,000 inspections to licensed restaurants from February last year to January this year, but did not find any violations of the regulations, but did not reply to the authorities on how to detect and verify ventilation after they arrived. Whether the system complies with the specifications, and there is no reply. Whether it is only verified by the contractor's inspection certificate.
Complicated indoor air exchange rate testing can cost nearly 10,000 yuan
Indoor air quality consultant Huang Jinsong pointed out that there is no instrument in technology that can directly measure the indoor air exchange rate. Instead, the air exchange rate can be obtained by measuring the content of carbon dioxide, oxygen, etc., and then calculating.
He said that the relevant tests are not simple, and a lot of manpower and material resources are used. Based on market prices, each test often costs "ten thousand and several thousand yuan."
Yuan Boliang, the president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, also said that the indoor ventilation rate test is not simple. It is not practical to rely on FEHD staff to conduct inspections.
He suggested that relevant tests can be "returned to the market," and a third-party compliance agency is responsible for the establishment of a mechanism for testing. On the one hand, it can effectively monitor restaurants, and on the other hand, it can reduce the pressure of food inspections.
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