Six employees at a factory in TIDZ-Shtip reported with food poisoning

The Public Health Center-Shtip announced that yesterday it received a report of food poisoning involving six people employed at a factory in the Technological Industrial Development Zone (TIDZ)-Shtip.

According to the written statement, immediately after receiving the notification, the Epidemiology Department at the Public Health Center-Shtip began taking action in line with the national protocol for food-borne infections and intoxications. Epidemiologists promptly went to the scene, where they carried out an inspection at the facility operating as a food entity within the legal entity in TIDZ-Shtip.

The Public Health Center-Shtip said that an educational discussion was held with those responsible and with the staff regarding the way food is received, prepared, kept and stored. Appropriate measures and recommendations were also issued. According to the announcement, a general mechanical cleaning was ordered, urgent disinfection, disinsection and deratization of the facility were carried out, and immediate sanitary checks were also conducted for employees. In addition, samples were taken from the suspected food for microbiological analysis, as well as swabs from the kitchen work surfaces.

The statement also said that the Epidemiology Department of the PHI Public Health Center Shtip will closely monitor the situation in the coming days, inform the public and, if new cases emerge, take additional measures in accordance with legal regulations./Telegrafi/