Spize mass food poisoning, SAT officer died

[Evillusion]

literally?

Yes......most of the batalion was doing ctss rundown and some were in camp. Even the medical centre barred the men from using their toilet. My section was duty that day....and you can imagine how messy the range's toilets after 3/4 of the men got diarrhea......eewww!

Sounds serious.

One non-muslim cook was spreading the bacteria but the whole cookhouse tio cialat cialat. Wo1 and w02 visited the kitchen.....they were practically there everyday but didnt make any issue of the kitchen's hygiene....but once the incident happened they played ball and had issues with everything. Bloody wayang..... Edited November 16, 2018 by Eviilusion

[Renegade777]

i think NEA is pretty on the ball. Especially in serious cases like this. Think the previous case mentioned (geylang serai), the report was quite detailed also.

 

 

 

I didn't know need to keep food sample. U mean those F&B outlets keep a sample of what they dish out?

Zi char stall got or not LOL

 

I am not sure whether NEA or MOH is on the ball or not. But I am very sure someone is not doing their job. Last time can see food inspectors going around to ensure cleaniness. Now it seems there is no such thing. Utensils from food court and restaurants seems unclean nowadays. Frequently, can spot spoons, plates, bowls etc not wash clean. There are even tiny bits of leftovers on it as well. I felt someone is sleeping instead. Just like there are fewer enforcement on the roads. Roads, estate etc have not been swept until a very long time.  People are left to behave themselves so that is why many many funny things happened. Many countries have overtaken us in many aspect and we still thing we are the clean green city and forever. Again it must be a joke from someone .

 

Edited November 16, 2018 by Renegade777

[DACH]

I am not sure whether NEA or MOH is on the ball or not. But I am very sure someone is not doing their job. Last time can see food inspectors going around to ensure cleaniness. Now it seems there is no such thing. Utensils from food court and restaurants seems unclean nowadays. Frequently, can spot spoons, plates, bowls etc not wash clean. There are even tiny bits of leftovers on it as well. I felt someone is sleeping instead. Just like there are fewer enforcement on the roads. Roads, estate etc have not been swept until a very long time. People are left to behave themselves so that is why many many funny things happened. Many countries have overtaken us in many aspect and we still thing we are the clean green city and forever. Again it must be a joke from someone .

Increase population to 6.9 million somemore loh.

5.7 million already cannot manage.

[Dleodleo]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spize-vows-to-win-back-customers-after-gastro-outbreak-at-river-valley-outlet

Sats officer who fell sick after consuming food from Spize restaurant has died

 

Condolences......

 

That's why food proprietors cannot take food hygiene lightly....

May he rest in peace.

 

I thought he was an old man when I read the news yesterday as no age was disclosed.

 

I was surprised that he was a young man. Really sad....

 

Wonder what had happened and how this food poisoning could lead to fatality. Jin scary....

[Lala81]

I am not sure whether NEA or MOH is on the ball or not. But I am very sure someone is not doing their job. Last time can see food inspectors going around to ensure cleaniness. Now it seems there is no such thing. Utensils from food court and restaurants seems unclean nowadays. Frequently, can spot spoons, plates, bowls etc not wash clean. There are even tiny bits of leftovers on it as well. I felt someone is sleeping instead. Just like there are fewer enforcement on the roads. Roads, estate etc have not been swept until a very long time. People are left to behave themselves so that is why many many funny things happened. Many countries have overtaken us in many aspect and we still thing we are the clean green city and forever. Again it must be a joke from someone .

Lol really? I eat out so many meals every week for years in kopitiam, koufu Coffeeshop, foodfare food court.

 

I don't really find any problem with the utensils etc. Of course there are always some that feel a bit greasy. Bits of leftover? I've never encountered before.

 

Unless u have operated a f&b outlet or been a hawker for at least a decade, your opinion is worth as much as mine?

[Ysc3]

hot in the wake of the Spize food poisoning incident ...

 

NEA suspends TungLok Catering at Singapore Expo after 190 people fall ill, including SCDF officers

 

The catering arm of well-known restaurant group TungLok has had its licence at Max Atria @ Singapore Expo suspended, after 190 people fell ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis. 

 

Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were among those who fell ill.

 

None of the cases were hospitalised, said the Health Ministry, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) in a joint response to Channel NewsAsia's queries on Saturday (Nov 24). 

 

The authorities were first notified of the cases on Friday, and said they conducted a joint inspection of TungLok Catering's premises on the same day. 

 

TungLok Catering's licence at Singapore Expo will be suspended until further notice, said NEA on its website on Friday. 

 

The SCDF officers who fell ill were at Singapore Expo preparing for an SCDF event this weekend. 

 

“Two days ago some SCDF officers and some of our international guests from overseas emergency services reported symptoms of diarrhoea or stomach discomfort after consuming catered food at Singapore Expo," said an SCDF spokesperson on Saturday.

 

"SCDF has reported the matter to the National Environment Agency and investigations are ongoing."

 

The spokesperson added that all affected personnel and guests have since recovered. 

 

"SCDF takes the wellbeing of our personnel and guests seriously and will continue to monitor the situation closely," said the statement.

 

As part of the investigations, food handlers were sent for stool screening. Food and environmental samples were also taken for testing, said the authorities. 

 

NEA added that all food handlers working at the suspended premises have to re-attend and pass the Basic Food Hygiene Course before resuming work.

 

"NEA would like to remind food operators to observe good food and personal hygiene practices at all times," the agency said, adding that it would not hesitate to take "firm action" against anyone found to be in violation of the Environmental Public Health Act.

 

 

[BanCoe]

Maybe govt should check how difficult it is to recruit workers in the first place in the F&B and catering business, not many are keen to work in hothouses enviro and mostly end up with foreigners usually whom have a scant regard for hygiene due to how things work in their countries

[Atonchia]

 

hot in the wake of the Spize food poisoning incident ...

 

NEA suspends TungLok Catering at Singapore Expo after 190 people fall ill, including SCDF officers

 

 

The catering arm of well-known restaurant group TungLok has had its licence at Max Atria @ Singapore Expo suspended, after 190 people fell ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis.

 

Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were among those who fell ill.

 

None of the cases were hospitalised, said the Health Ministry, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) in a joint response to Channel NewsAsia's queries on Saturday (Nov 24).

 

The authorities were first notified of the cases on Friday, and said they conducted a joint inspection of TungLok Catering's premises on the same day.

 

TungLok Catering's licence at Singapore Expo will be suspended until further notice, said NEA on its website on Friday.

 

The SCDF officers who fell ill were at Singapore Expo preparing for an SCDF event this weekend.

 

âTwo days ago some SCDF officers and some of our international guests from overseas emergency services reported symptoms of diarrhoea or stomach discomfort after consuming catered food at Singapore Expo," said an SCDF spokesperson on Saturday.

 

"SCDF has reported the matter to the National Environment Agency and investigations are ongoing."

 

The spokesperson added that all affected personnel and guests have since recovered.

 

"SCDF takes the wellbeing of our personnel and guests seriously and will continue to monitor the situation closely," said the statement.

 

As part of the investigations, food handlers were sent for stool screening. Food and environmental samples were also taken for testing, said the authorities.

 

NEA added that all food handlers working at the suspended premises have to re-attend and pass the Basic Food Hygiene Course before resuming work.

 

"NEA would like to remind food operators to observe good food and personal hygiene practices at all times," the agency said, adding that it would not hesitate to take "firm action" against anyone found to be in violation of the Environmental Public Health Act.

 

Sianz.....have international guest as well. Impression of SG all went down the toilet bowl.

 

Another one and more and more those popular and famous restaurant affected.

 

Once food are broken down in stages of preparation, the risķ of food poisoning increase.

 

It can be during cooking, can be utensil or container, can be food handlers. Can be during transit or setting up.....

 

All the different food stages must be properly controlled.

 

Need manpower, time and effort.

Cannot let guard down or neglect.

[Cent50]

River valley branch gg.

[Fcw75]

SINGAPORE: Salmonella bacteria found at a Spize outlet was behind a mass food poisoning incident that left more than 80 people ill and caused dozens to be hospitalised, the authorities said on Friday (Dec 7).

The bacteria was found in both raw and ready-to-eat food at the restaurant's River Valley outlet – in samples of belacan egg fried rice, sambal belacan, raw chicken samples and kangkong (water spinach) and uncooked rice.

 

Salmonella was found on the door handle of a cold room, the Ministry of Health, National Environment Agency (NEA) and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said at a joint media briefing. 

Faecal coliforms were also detected in the samples of belacan egg fried rice, as well as on a chopping board and knife used for ready-to-eat food.

READ: SATS officer who consumed food from Spize dies

Investigations found that the outbreak of salmonella gastroenteritis was “unusually severe”, suggesting that the food was likely to be heavily contaminated, the agencies said.

 

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The operating licence of Spize River Valley will be terminated with immediate effect, they said. 

The other Spize restaurants – located at Bedok and Rifle Range Road – have been allowed to continue operating after checks by NEA found no evidence to link the salmonella outbreak to these outlets.

READ: Food poisoning: Can you really avoid it?

Seven food poisoning incidents were found to be linked to Spize River Valley, involving 82 people who had eaten food from the outlet between Nov 6 and 9. A total of 47 people were hospitalised.

The outlet was suspended on Nov 9 after the authorities found several hygiene lapses, including leaving ready-to-eat food uncovered in a chiller, not providing soap for hand-washing (the soap dispenser was faulty) and slotting knives for preparing ready-to-eat food in a gap between food preparation tables.

Mr Fadli Saleh, an auxiliary police officer with ground-handling firm SATS, was one of those hospitalised after consuming food supplied by the restaurant. He died on Nov 14. The cause of death is pending and it has been classified as a coroner's case.

On the same day, the authorities conducted a second joint inspection of the restaurant, where they discovered "severe irregularities". There were seven unregistered food handlers, food had been prepared outside the licensed kitchen area and food handlers had "poor personal hygiene and food preparation practices", they said.

They found that eggs that were supposed to be discarded after the suspension order had been dispatched to the Spize outlet at Temasek Club for use. 

Unlabelled ready-to-eat salted fish, chicken floss and fish crackers were also found despite the restaurant having been ordered to discard these items.

NO MINIMUM DUTY OF CARE

There was no minimum duty of care at the restaurant to ensure meals were prepared safely, NEA's director-general of environmental public health Derek Ho said, adding this is "really unbecoming" of operators.

"We are so angry and upset about this," he said.

Mr Ho said the outlet's operator will be taken to court for the "egregious" lapses.

Mr Ho added that the last inspection of the River Valley outlet was in October, and the only previous lapse that was found at the restaurant was minor – not having enough covers for rubbish bins. It was issued a warning for that. 

Spize co-owner Haresh Sabnani said on Friday that the company is conducting its own investigation into the lapses at the River Valley outlet.

As for the other outlets, he said: "We have engaged the services of a food hygiene consultant to identify any hygiene issues and to resolve them."  

 

READ: Mandarin Orchard food poisoning: Main ballroom forced to close after 175 fall ill at 4 separate events READ: Children, teachers fall ill after food poisoning incident at camp; caterer under investigation

There was no record of what time the food in the incidents was prepared, but Mr Ho said that for large orders, the outlet had to prepare all the food in advance.

This could contribute to the bacteria having a chance to grow and multiply, he said.

When asked about caterers who take on larger orders than they can handle in this way and how to limit this practice, Mr Ho said that the operator is best-placed with this knowledge.

"If you can't (ensure the food is safe) and you are pushing the boundary and you are trying to cut corners, you're just trying to profiteer from it, you're just trying to make a fast buck – then I will say that you have misjudged, you have failed in your duty of care," he said.

He also said that consumers can check catering companies' hygiene ratings and history of demerit points on the NEA app.

SPATE OF OTHER FOOD POISONING CASES

The update from the agencies comes amid other large-scale incidents of food poisoning. Most recently, banquet operations at Mandarin Orchard Singapore's main ballroom were suspended after 175 people fell ill with food poisoning and nine were hospitalised.

On Nov 23, 190 people fell ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis after consuming food prepared by restaurant group TungLok's catering arm.

On Nov 26, more than 130 students and teachers fell ill after consuming food prepared by FoodTalks Caterer and Manufacturer while attending a children's camp.

The agencies did not comment on the other investigations which are ongoing.

NEA and AVA will step up checks on food establishments during the festive season, they said. NEA will also engage representatives from the Association of Catering Professionals Singapore and the Restaurant Association of Singapore about the importance of food hygiene and safety.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/spize-salmonella-food-poisoning-river-valley-closed-11006718

[Ysc3]

River valley branch gg.

 

going … going …. gone ….

 

the branch's lisen terminated liow.