Akim Manso (E/R),– About 1,623 food vendors and drinking bar operators in Asene Manso Akroso District have completed medical screening and issued with certificates to operate, Mr Robert Amewuda, District Officer of Environmental Health Unit, has said.
He said the Environmental Health Unit and MED ONE, a laboratory services agency in Akim Oda, conducted the screening for vendors, operating in areas like Mofram, Suponso, Akroso, Eshiem, Bantama, Atiankama – Nkwanta and Asene.
The screening involved body examination and blood test to ensure their safety under the required standards to carry out their trade.
They also received education on a clean and hygienic environment for food preparation and selling.
Mr Amewuda said, “All these precautionary measures being taken are needful because the possibility of transmitting disease from food vendors to consumers is high and could lead to an epidemic outbreak in the district.”
He called on the people to heed environmental and hygiene protocols to ensure healthy living.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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