President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, is warning non-compliant food establishments on the island that if they continue to operate unlawfully, they can be shut down and even prosecuted.
Ms. Brown said “they’ve have seen in the media where persons have purchased food from establishments and would have appeared to have succumbed to food poisoning related to purchasing food from establishments which may not have met the requirements.”
Ms. Brown was a addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank which was held at the agency’s Montego Bay Regional Office recently.
She further stated that business establishments can be closed and taken to court and fined for not complying with the public health requirements.
