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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (September 19) ordered the temporary closure of the fish portion of a fresh provision shop in Tsuen Wan for thorough disinfection following detection of Vibrio cholerae in a water sample collected from its fish tank.
The fresh provision shop, PARKnSHOP Superstore, is located at Shop F201, 1/F, Phase II, Smartlands, Tsuen Wan Town Lot 247, Tsuen Wan, New Territories.
The water sample was taken from a fish tank inside the shop on September 14. The test result today confirmed the presence of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor serotype Ogawa.
To protect public health, the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene ordered the immediate closure of the portion selling fish in that fresh provision shop under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance.
The fish portion of the shop will remain closed for thorough cleansing and disinfection of the premises and fish tanks until the Director is satisfied with its overall hygiene condition and believes that there is no immediate health hazard.
A department spokesman said, "Vibrio cholerae cannot survive under high temperature and can be killed by thorough cooking."
To prevent cholera, the spokesman advised people to observe the following guidelines:
* Wash and scrub shellfish thoroughly;
* Clean the seafood and remove the internal organs, and cook thoroughly before consumption;
* Raw and cooked food must be handled with separate sets of utensils to avoid cross-contamination; and
* Raw and cooked food should be stored separately. Cooked food should be placed on the upper shelf of a refrigerator.
"People should also pay attention to personal and food hygiene," he said.
Ends/Monday, September 19, 2011
Issued at HKT 22:29
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百佳魚缸含霍亂菌
百佳魚檔驗出霍亂菌，昨日被封，職員漏夜消毒。
【爽報訊】荃灣創意無限商場的百佳超級廣場魚缸水含霍亂弧菌，店內鮮魚售賣部昨日被查封。傳染病專家指，徹底煮熟海產可將霍亂菌殺死，但負責處理被污染海產的超市職員則存在較高感染風險。
食環署昨日深夜才發出新聞稿，表示於上周三在百佳抽取魚缸水樣本進行化驗，昨日結果顯示，樣本含有小川型霍亂弧菌。食環署向百佳發出即時封閉令，該店須徹底清洗地方及魚缸，直至食環署署長滿意其衞生情況，才可恢復經營。
03年8月，百佳置富花園分店也曾在魚缸水驗出霍亂弧菌。感染霍亂後，患者會有輕微腹瀉或嘔吐，嚴重時可能出現突發性腹瀉，甚至因嚴重脫水死亡。傳染病專科醫生勞永樂估計，海產被捕撈前或已被大海中的霍亂菌污染，結果隨海產污染魚缸。
