With food poisoning rearing its ugly head once again in Ernakulam district, there is increasing demand that officials of the Food Safety department, civic agencies, and the Health department get their act together to ensure that clean food is prepared in hygienic surroundings.
This comes in the wake of reports of dozens of people, including Ernakulam RTO G. Anantakrishnan, being admitted to hospitals following food poisoning in the last weekend. He and his son had eaten ghee roast from a popular vegetarian eatery in Kakkanad. There were apparently 10 persons in the same hospital from Kakkanad alone with symptoms of food poisoning.
“Innumerable people shared their experience of food poisoning once they came to know that I was hospitalised. Most of them suffered in silence and did not bother to complain to the Food Safety department and other agencies. These agencies are duty-bound to frequently inspect the premises of eateries, ensure hygiene, collect samples, and also mandate that only treated water was let out,” Mr. Anantakrishnan said.
