TCI: Several restaurants ordered to close after inspections
Five restaurants and bars in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos were served with Closure Notices after public health officials swooped down on their premises and found expired items used in food preparation.
Additionally, nine persons were apprehended and taken to the Detention Center for processing, and a number of prohibited items were confiscated.
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, in collaboration with the Immigration Enforcement Unit, Customs Department, Environmental Health Department, and Revenue Control Unit, arrived at a Liquor License premises along the Millennium Highway.
While at this location, it was observed that several persons were working Contrary to their Work Permits. A warning was issued, and two individuals – male and female, were apprehended.
The Officers also searched for a bar in Kew Town behind Ball Park.
Seven individuals (four males and three females) were apprehended and taken to the Detention Center for Processing. At this location, many, prohibited items were seized.
Overall, several restaurants and cafeterias were served notices to close for failure to comply with health regulations. Many items used for cooking and mixing alcoholic drinks were seized:
The items included:
- Expired/dented: evaporated milk - 63 cans
- Expired: orange juice - 10 bottles
- 60 lbs of raw and cooked meat (chicken and pork) - held at improper temperatures
- 20 lbs of raw meat (fish, beef, and pork) - held at improper temperatures
The Environmental Health Department Closure Notice Ordinance states:
Failure to comply with this closure notice may result in one or more of the following as outlined in the Food & Drug Ordinance 2016, Part III (Sections 31 & 32).
A person who commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 or to a term of imprisonment for 12 months or both.
If a person is convicted of an offence under this ordinance, the court may, on conviction and an application by or on behalf of the Chief Environmental Health Officer (Director), order that any license the person holds to operate such a business be suspended for a period specified in the order, or revoked.
These collaborative activities form part of “Operation Pursuit”.
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