Woman bitten by bugs while dining at restaurant: NEA will be taking enforcement actio

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Woman bitten by bugs while dining at restaurant: NEA will be taking enforcement action after Stomp report
Posted on 01 August 2015 | 5,578 views | 7 comments









The National Environment Agency (NEA) will be taking enforcement action against Casuarina Curry Restaurant after a Stomper sent in a report of getting severely bitten by bugs after dining there.

Stomper Kaixin said she was dining at the restaurant on Saturday (Jul 25) when the back of her calves felt extremely irritated and itchy.

According to her, angry red spots were forming on her legs -- on the parts that were in contact with the seat.

In an official response by Mr Tony Teo, director of the Environmental Public Health Operations at NEA, the restaurant premises was inspected immediately.

The statement in full read:

"We refer to the STOMP article, “Woman severely bitten by bugs after dining at restaurant” on 30 July 2015.

"The National Environment Agency (NEA) takes a serious view of foodshop operators who fail to keep their premises free of pest infestation, which may then compromise food hygiene and safety.

"We received two feedback concerning bug-infested chairs at Casuarina Curry Restaurant recently and inspected the premises on 20 July and 30 July.

"We are unable to determine what had bitten the customers, although we detected some cockroaches in the crevices of some of the chairs.

"NEA has required the licensee to remove and replace all the affected chairs with new chairs. We have also advised the licensee to engage a pest control operator to rectify the cockroach infestation immediately, and required that their pest control reports be submitted to NEA.

"NEA will be taking enforcement action against Casuarina Curry Restaurant. Under the Environment Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations, licensees who fail to keep their premises free of pest infestation can be fined up to $2,000. On conviction, they will also be issued with six demerit points.

"This year (as at 30 June 2015), NEA has conducted more than 75,000 inspections on food premises and taken more than 290 enforcement actions against errant food operators who failed to keep their premises free of pest infestation.

"Operators of food establishments have a duty to ensure their premises are clean and free from pests by putting in place a good cleaning regime and an effective pest control programme.

"NEA takes such lapses seriously and will not hesitate to take errant operators to task. Members of public are advised to report such incidents by calling our 24-hour NEA Contact Centre at 1800-CALL-NEA (1800-2255-632)."


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