Sa isang karinderya sa Valenzuela City, isang uod ang nakita sa paksiw na bangus na binili ni “Miles.” Samantala, isang binatilyo naman sa Lipa, Batangas ang nakakita ng buhay na ipis sa kanyang biniling pagkain. Ang buong ulat, panoorin sa video na ito.
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00:00 There's a lot of flies.
00:02 They're moving.
00:07 What if the thing you're most afraid of is suddenly seen in your food?
00:14 A customer was very surprised when he saw the flying and black flies
00:24 in his food taken out from a canteen.
00:29 Let's just wait for a while. We'll go back there.
00:33 The problem is, he ate some parts of the fish.
00:39 I took it out, I cut it, I saw the flies moving.
00:55 A live cockroach was seen mixed in a rice meal by a customer of a food stall.
01:01 And a cockroach was even bitten by a customer.
01:06 When I tried to eat it, it moved in my mouth.
01:12 There's a lot of flies. They're moving.
01:17 How can we save ourselves from these pests while food is being sold to the public?
01:24 There's a cockroach in the refrigerator.
01:27 And what are the local governments doing to maintain the cleanliness of food establishments?
01:48 On January 18, Miles was buying cooked food from a canteen in Valenzuela City.
01:54 But while eating, he noticed something moving in his food.
02:02 There's a lot of flies. They're moving.
02:10 He was surprised to see a fly crawling around his rice meal.
02:21 The flies are small and there are a lot of them.
02:31 He was the last one to see a fly in his food.
02:37 We'll claim that fly and go back to the canteen.
02:40 I ate more than half of my food.
02:42 When I looked at the fly, I was shocked. I said, "Why is there a fly moving?"
02:47 I said, "There are a lot of flies moving."
02:49 Then I took my food.
02:52 I saw the flies.
02:55 Because of what happened, Miles immediately called the canteen where he bought the food.
03:03 We talked to the cell phone. If anything happens to me, whether I get sick or food poisoning,
03:09 they will pay the expenses.
03:12 Because of Miles' fear that the fish he ate will have a bad effect on his health,
03:18 he reported the incident to the barangay.
03:20 We also plotted for the safety of the people.
03:26 We interviewed the owner of the canteen that Miles is complaining about.
03:32 His defense is that the fish was not cleaned properly before cooking.
03:37 Because it's our new welfare, maybe the fish was not cleaned properly.
03:43 Maybe that's the reason why he got small flies.
03:49 It's moving.
03:51 We also consulted a food expert on what is the possible reason
03:56 why there are flies in the fish that Miles bought and ate.
04:01 Usually, the small flies that we see in food like small rice,
04:06 they come from the larvae.
04:08 So these are the maggots or larvae of the larvae of the larvae of the fish.
04:14 It is also possible that the food was not properly maintained while being sold.
04:19 For example, the food is on display, it's just covered with a layer of soil.
04:23 And if it's been displayed for a long time.
04:29 A few days after the incident,
04:31 the City Health Office of Valenzuela visited the canteen
04:35 where Miles bought the contaminated fish.
04:38 Upon entering, the food was already covered with soil.
04:43 There was no cover and it was just covered with soil.
04:46 What are you complaining about?
04:48 This is what we call a post-audit requirement for the health business.
04:52 The City Health Office said that it is clear that this is a violation of their sanitation code.
04:58 All of these can contribute to contamination.
05:03 That is what we are avoiding.
05:05 The food for the purposes of the food that you can eat,
05:09 with sanding and the establishment itself, if it is not clean.
05:13 The canteen followed the inspection if there is a sanitary permit.
05:17 As we see, the target of our canteen is compliant with the IPA.
05:24 But they clarified that there is not enough sanitary permit
05:29 to save the owner of the canteen from the incident.
05:33 Because of this, the LGU will monitor the canteen for 14 days.
05:39 But they need to follow the requirements requested by the City Health Office
05:44 such as food safety seminar and pest control.
05:48 For the owner and the people of the canteen,
05:52 they need to pass the exam in food safety training.
05:55 After that, if they don't want to comply,
05:58 we will issue an endorsement to the BPNO to let them pass.
06:02 A cockroach was seen mixed in the rice meal ordered by Tonton.
06:15 It is not his real name.
06:17 In a fish market in Lipapatangas.
06:22 He said that the cockroach is still alive.
06:24 It is almost rotten.
06:26 It is inside the rice.
06:28 When I tried to eat it, I felt something moving.
06:32 They tried to complain to the food stall about the incident.
06:36 But they said that the people did not take any action.
06:40 When they saw that the cockroach is still alive,
06:42 they went back to their place.
06:45 We waited for the action to be taken,
06:49 but we were still waiting.
06:50 We waited until it was hot.
06:52 But nothing happened.
06:54 No one went there.
06:56 We brought this incident to the City Health Office of Lipapatangas.
07:01 On Monday, they visited the food stall for inspection.
07:07 These are just a few images that were taken from an inspection.
07:13 Actually, we saw that there are a lot of breeding places of birdmen.
07:18 We did not know where it came from.
07:21 There are open cons that it is possible that it came from there.
07:24 But the most surprising thing is that there are cockroaches inside the refrigerator.
07:29 The refrigerator is open and there are cockroaches.
07:31 How did that happen?
07:33 Some of the things that were seen by the food stall
07:36 are the use of kitchen utensils and food storage.
07:41 They also used kitchen appliances that are possible to spread pests.
07:46 They also discovered that there is no sanitary and Mayor's Permit for the food establishment.
07:52 Because of the evidence of violation,
07:54 the City Health Office gave 10 days to fix the violations of the food stall.
08:00 We will do another inspection for next week.
08:03 We gave them 10 working days to complete all the requirements
08:07 so that they can get a sanitary permit.
08:10 If there is a violation, because this is a public health threat to the health of people,
08:19 our health authority can recommend to close it.
08:26 Under the Sanitation Code of the Philippines,
08:29 any food establishment can be closed
08:33 if there is no valid permit from the LGU
08:37 and the local government has a responsibility to monitor and inspect the food establishments
08:43 to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the food they sell to the public.
08:47 The Department of Health will remind the customers to check if they have a sanitary permit.
08:57 It is also important for the customers to know if the food handlers have a health certificate for each food.
09:05 It means that the food handlers, the workers in a food establishment
09:09 are appropriate or fit to work in food handling.
09:13 The responsibility of each food establishment
09:19 to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the food they sell to the public.
09:23 The duty of each local government
09:27 to monitor and ensure that their food is in compliance with the law.
09:32 Especially, the safety and cleanliness of the food they sell.
09:35 I am Yun Van Rachon and this is the Reporter's Notebook.
09:40 I am Yun Van Rachon and this is the Reporter's Notebook.
09:45 Reporter's Notebook.
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