A food safety incident broke out at the school lunch provider "Active Lunch". The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Tuesday (14th) that it had proactively contacted the relevant schools to understand and arrange to inspect the licensed food factory involved, but did not suspend the supply of lunch boxes.
The “Energizing Lunch” (16th) stopped serving on Monday and Tuesday (20th and 21st) until Thursday. It is reported that at least three students from an elementary school in Tuen Mun had lunch after suspected food safety problems broke out at the “Energizing Lunch”. Feeling unwell after eating the "Energizing Lunch" lunch box.
Deng Fei, vice chairman of the Educational Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council, criticized that in order to ensure the safety of students, when food safety problems are found, the health authorities should immediately suspend the supply of "vigorous lunch". He said that it may be difficult for schools to find alternative suppliers, but The Education Bureau can appeal to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or other catering industry consortiums to provide assistance to solve the school's urgent needs: "It continues to supply but does not know what happened in the link. It may be troublesome if there is another problem in the future (you need to find a replacement immediately), But the safety of the students comes first."
▼On February 17th, we will directly visit the Yuen Long factory of "Energizing Lunch"▼
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Deng Fei believes that when it is revealed that there may be food safety problems in the "Vital Lunch", the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department should immediately intervene and stop the supply after assessing the situation.
He said that he understood that the sudden loss of lunch supply was "very troublesome for the school, and it was very difficult to find a replacement", but the accident happened yesterday, so he believed that the safety of the students should be the first priority: "The most urgent thing is to suspend it first, and then wait for the test results. He continued to supply, but he didn't know If something happened to me, maybe there will be problems again in the future.”
At least 3 people from a primary school in Tuen Mun were unwell and 1 person was sent to the hospital on Friday before the Vitality Lunch will be discontinued next week
The Education Bureau can formulate a list and regularly monitor the food vendors in the list to ensure food safety
He suggested that relevant government departments such as the Education Bureau and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department should appeal to NGOs or other catering industry consortiums to provide lunch boxes to the affected schools, so as to relieve the urgent need first.
He also believes that this incident proves that the government needs to re-examine the overall supply of school food vendors. The Education Bureau can formulate a list for school selection, and regularly supervise the food vendors on the list to ensure food safety.
Chen Jiapei, vice-chairman of the Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council, said that if there are problems involving schools, the Education Bureau will generally use guidelines and suggestions to let the schools decide on their own. It is worth reviewing the use of lunch box suppliers that may be problematic: "If you stop immediately, parents may be helpless."
Chen Jiapei will push the relevant committees of the Legislative Council to hold meetings as soon as possible to discuss the incident
However, Chen Jiapei emphasized that food safety, especially food safety involving children, is very important. Even if there is only a 0.01% risk, it should be dealt with immediately. She will discuss with the committee as soon as possible how the food hygiene authorities and the Education Bureau should "draw a line and stop" The chairman discusses to hold a joint meeting with the Education Affairs Committee in the Legislative Council to discuss this incident.
Vitality Lunch｜Meal delivery will be suspended next Monday and Tuesday. Education Bureau: Schools can arrange half-day face-to-face and half-day online lessons. There is a school in Dixin Lake to order McDonald's emergency vitality lunch｜Meal delivery will be suspended on the 2nd of next week. Parents will deliver food to their children and worry about whether it can resume as scheduled