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SINGAPORE: Three more people have
food poisoning after eating at the steamboat restaurant BaShu RenJia at
Geylang Road, bringing the total number of cases to 17.
These cases developed the onset of illness between 9 and 11 April. They had
consumed food at the steamboat restaurant from 9 to 10 April.
All except two patients received outpatient treatment. The two hospitalised
patients have since been discharged.
Meanwhile no new cases were reported from the "Rojak Geylang Serai"
stall's mass food poisoning incident.
Stool cultures of five food handlers from the "Rojak Geylang Serai"
stall have tested negative for Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria which was
found in 12 cases.
The result for the food handler from the neighbouring mee siam stall is still
pending.
In a bid to win customers' confidence after the "Rojak Geylang
Serai" stall's food poisoning outbreak, three temporary markets have
brought forward their spring cleaning exercise.
At the Albert Centre Temporary Market, over 170 stalls took part in the
National Environment Agency's Spring Cleaning Exercise on Monday morning.
Besides the stalls, ceilings, fans and other shared spaces were also cleaned.
NEA officers did not report any rat problems at the market. But the hygiene
ratings for the 73 cooked food stalls in the market have fallen after it
moved to the temporary premises near Bugis MRT Station.
NEA's grading assessment three months after the move showed two stalls losing
their "A" rating, while more than 40 stalls lost their
"B" ratings. And the "C" ratings saw a threefold
increase.
NEA cites the housekeeping and poorer fittings and fixtures at the temporary
premises as reasons for the change in ratings.
Two other temporary markets - at Ang Mo Kio and Tekka - also brought forward
their spring cleaning exercise to Monday.
Spring cleaning for the temporary market near Ang Mo Kio Block 628 was
scheduled on 27 April, while the Tekka Temporary Market was supposed to
conduct its spring cleaning in May.
- CNA/ir
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