Two ice plants in Toril, Davao City were closed down after testing positive for bacteria in an examination conducted by the City Health Office (CHO).
Dr. Ashley Lopez, head of CHO, said CHO issued a suspension of their operations pending investigation for violating the sanitation code of Davao City.
“We issued a suspension of the operations pending investigation kay nahibal-an na dili limpyo tong tubig nga gipanggamit, ang source of water has not been cleared. When we got samples, initially nagkuha mi ug samples sa mga ice, tapioca, buko juice, salad, orange juice apil man na pagbaligya sa street food, kung wala ta inumon diha, pangtulak, matuk-an ka. Naa tay duha ka ice plants diha sa Toril dapit gikuhaan namo ug samples ang ice and turned out to be positive. Dili lang sa ko musulti sa result but there was positive findings didto sa ice after the analysis that was done,” Lopez said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Monday.
He added that upon further investigation it found out that these plants violate the city’s sanitation thus the cancelation of their licenses to operate due to these findings.
“When we conduct further investigation nakabalo mi kung asa ilang source of water para paghimo ug ice which was not approved and violates also with our sanitation code under sa mga requirements for doing such business on ice making. Daghan sila ug violations so we decided to close it down,” he said.
According to Lopez CHO took a sample from the ice sold at these two ice plants where the ice used by the street food vendors in Toril came from.
He didn’t name the two ice plants as the results of the investigations will be forward yet to the city legal.
The two ice plants ceased their operations over the weekend.
