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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 20) ordered the temporary closure of a food premises in Kowloon City for thorough cleansing and disinfection.
The FEHD was informed by the Department of Health of food poisoning outbreaks involving a total of five people related to a restaurant at Nos. 60 – 62, South Wall Road, Kowloon City.
"As the food poisoning outbreaks show signs of continuation, there is epidemiological ground to support the temporary closure of the food premises for thorough cleansing and disinfection," a spokesman for the department said.
The food premises will remain closed until the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene is fully satisfied that the immediate health hazards on the premises have been eliminated.
Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, the Director is empowered to close expeditiously premises that pose immediate health hazards to the public.
Ends/Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 23:08
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