The school lunch supplier "Vitality Lunch" broke out a food safety incident. Some readers reported to "Hong Kong 01", saying that the Chinese Missionary Society Lu Mingcai Primary School in Tsing Yi also had students feeling unwell after eating in the school last week.
The school said that last Tuesday to Thursday (7th to 9th) there were two or three students who vomited after eating every day. They suspected that there was something wrong with the lunch. In addition, they received comments that the corn in the meal had a peculiar smell and gravy Condensation, the school held a meeting with the supplier last Friday (10th). On the same day, the Environmental Protection Agency also visited the school to investigate. At that time, the food temperature reached the standard.
The school said that the quality of meals has improved, and students and parents are satisfied.
The school's lunch supplier, Yingxin Food, said that it had a meeting with the school on the quality of food last Friday, but said that it did not know that some students felt unwell after eating, and the two sides reached a consensus after the meeting to introduce new measures to make the school's daily Parent volunteers first tasted various meals of the day.
The FEHD stated that it had visited the school and the lunch supplier's factory respectively, and found no abnormality in the lunch box during the school's investigation, and the overall hygiene of the supplier's factory was acceptable. The case had been referred to the Center for Health Protection earlier Follow up and investigate suspected cases of food poisoning.
Principal: Several students vomited after meals and complained that the corn had a peculiar smell and the gorgon juice was solidified
Liang Hanji, the principal of Lu Mingcai Primary School of the Chinese Evangelical Society, admitted that according to school records, two or three students vomited after eating every day from Tuesday to Thursday last week. It was suspected that there was something wrong with the lunch.
He also said that some people reported that the corn in the supplier’s meals had an odd smell and the gravy was solidified, so the school invited the rice supplier to the school last Friday to understand the relevant issues.
Principal Leung continued to point out that the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department had visited the school on the same day to investigate, but at that time they checked that the temperature of the food was up to standard. It is true, but the real reason has been "unable to verify".
The supplier is currently providing two more boxes per day for parents and volunteers to try food first
Principal Liang mentioned that the supplier will prepare two more boxes of each of the five types of meals that the school currently supplies to the school, so that parents and volunteers can try the meals first. At the same time, school staff will enter the classroom every day to understand the students' opinions.
He also eats meals from the supplier. As far as he knows, there is no peculiar smell of corn or congealed gravy in the current lunch. Parents and students are satisfied with the current meal.
Supplier Yingxin Meals: Some students feel unwell after eating
Mr. Lian, a representative of the school's lunch supplier Yingxin Catering, told "Hong Kong 01" that there was a meeting with the school on food quality last Friday, and representatives from the Parent-Teacher Association were also present at that time.
However, he said that he did not know that some students in the school felt unwell after eating, but the school did mention the problem of the sauce at the meeting. He also explained that the sauce of the meal that day was too thick, rather than cooling and solidifying.
He also pointed out that Lu Mingcai Elementary School of the Chinese Evangelical Society ordered more than 200 meals a day, and many people ate the same meal. Some students felt unwell, which may be due to gastrointestinal problems.
However, he said that the company is strict in monitoring the quality of meals. If someone claims to feel unwell after eating the food of his company, his company will check the same batch of meals.
He continued that after the meeting, the two sides also reached a consensus to launch a new measure, which would allow the school’s parent volunteers to try the lunch of the day first. Well, because of our mass production, the (parent) food is the same as the student food, which is exactly the same.” He said that he knows that everyone is very concerned about school lunches, and hopes that this new measure will reassure the school and parents.
The FEHD inspected its factory on Monday (13th), which he understood was part of a territory-wide inspection.
FEHD: Inspecting the overall sanitation of Yingxin Catering Factory is acceptable
The FEHD replied that it had received a food complaint case referred by 1823 earlier, saying that several students of Lui Ming Choi Primary School of the Chinese Evangelical Society felt unwell after eating the lunch box from the relevant lunch box supplier.
The Department immediately sent staff to the school to investigate and found no abnormalities in the lunch boxes provided by the lunch box supplier; the Department also sent staff to inspect the factory of Yingxin Catering in Tai Po, and found that the overall hygiene conditions in the premises were not satisfactory. Can.
The FEHD stated that it has immediately provided health education to the person in charge of the premises, reminding them to always pay attention to food, personal and environmental hygiene; and has referred the case to the Center for Health Protection for follow-up investigation of suspected food poisoning.
▼On February 20th, Tsing Yi Yan Chai Hospital Zhao Zeng Xueyun Primary School cooked 200 lunches by itself▼
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▼On February 20th, the students of Tsing Yi Yan Chai Hospital Zhao Zeng Xueyun Primary School had their own home-cooked lunch▼
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