They are tasked with developing an action plan and instructions in case of a power outage.
State Consumer Services, checking food stores in the Kyiv region.
The State Consumer Service reported this.
It is noted that the check is carried out in order to prevent the occurrence of foodborne toxic infections, the occurrence of which may be caused by interruptions in power supply, and as a result, the absence in some retail chains of alternative power sources for refrigerated display cases, refrigeration and freezer compartments where products are stored.
< >“Market operators for the production and circulation of food products noted the need to ensure proper temperature conditions when storing food products, food raw materials, the need to use alternative means of electricity (gasoline or diesel generators, solar (battery) batteries, portable power plants, etc.) and adapt the operation of the enterprise to the power outage schedules,” the message says.
It is noted that, according to the law, food market operators need to:
- develop a plan of measures and instructions in the event of a power outage ;
- conduct staff training to ensure proper storage conditions for food products specified by the manufacturer;
- view procedures for retrieving and recalling non-conforming products and ways to dispose of them;
- develop additional measures to ensure proper and stable conditions for the production and storage of food products;
- in the production and circulation of food products, strengthen control over compliance with storage conditions (temperature, storage time).
Earlier, the head of the State Consumer Service in Kyiv, Oleg Ruban, said that in the capital 2-3 outbreaks of acute intestinal infections are recorded weekly in public catering establishments.