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Written by: Lin Yingxian
2021-05-15 14:59
Last update date: 2021-05-15 15:00
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department once again raided an unlicensed barbecue site at Kau Wah Lane in Mei Foo last night (14th). During the operation, the Department arrested one person and seized related tools and a total of 38 kilograms of barbecued food.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has repeatedly cracked down on the Jiu Hua Keng barbecue site in recent months. Since January, it has filed 23 prosecutions, including 13 arrest charges, against the responsible persons in charge of the barbecue site of the unlicensed food business in the area.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the police launched a joint raid on Kau Wah Path in Kwai Tsing District to crack down on the operation of an unlicensed barbecue site.
(Data picture/icon is not the location of the accident)
The FEHD and the police once again conducted a joint operation to crack down on a barbecue site involving an unlicensed food business in Kau Wah Lane, Mei Foo. During the operation, the FEHD arrested one person and commenced prosecution proceedings on suspicion of operating an unlicensed restaurant in a barbecue site. And seized related tools and a total of 38 kilograms of barbecued food.
In recent months, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has repeatedly cracked down on the barbecue site at Jiu Hua Keng. The last time it took a joint action with the police on March 26, two people were arrested for operating an unlicensed restaurant in two barbecue sites, and one of them violated at the same time. A gathering restriction order for more than 4 people is prohibited, and the barbecue site involved is "Yijiyaki".
The defendant who violated the two crimes was found guilty in the Longcheng Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (12th) and was sentenced to a fine of 30,000 yuan and four weeks in prison for operating an unlicensed restaurant and violating a gathering restriction order, as well as a fine of 10,000 yuan and imprisonment for 4 weeks. week.
The two persons in charge of "Yoshiyaki" were arrested on March 26.
(Picture of Yoshiyaki FB)
The FEHD emphasized that it will continue to take strict enforcement actions against unlicensed food premises. The department will also step up inspections of catering premises in various districts in Hong Kong and take joint actions with the police as necessary to ensure that the persons responsible for the catering business and the public are strict Compliance with anti-epidemic regulations will also take enforcement actions against offenders to reduce the risk of virus transmission.
According to the Food Business Regulations, operating an unlicensed food business can be fined up to 50,000 yuan and imprisoned for 6 months; if the person in charge of the catering business violates the epidemic prevention regulations, he can also be fined up to 50,000 yuan and imprisoned for 6 months .
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