Seafood Restaurant
Ordered Closed After
Customers Became Sick
The Ministerio de Salud
(Health ministry)
announced yesterday that
more than a 100 cases of
food poising have been
reported by customers of
the Princesa Marina in
La Guaria de Moravia,
falling ill between
March 17 and yesterday.
The announcement was
made by the minister de
Salud, Dr. María Luisa
Ávila Agüero.
Salud officials say they
found health violations
at the restaurant that
affected at least 12
people who had to be
taken to hospital last
Friday. The dozen
customers received
medical attention at the
Calderón Guardia
hospital.
The same day Salud
officials ordered the
restaurant closed.
Officials yesterday
confiscated half the
food in the seafood
restaurant, that
included shrimp,
lobster, chicken, beef
and beans - both cooked
and uncooked. Health
officials say the expect
to confiscate the
balance today.
"People got sick because
they may have consumed
contaminated food.
Notwithstanding, the
laboratory tests will
determined the exact
cause of the illness",
said minister Avila, who
confirmed that samples
were already sent to the
CCD laboratory in the
United States.
The minister added that
the restaurant was found
to have a poor handling
of food, among other
health infractions. |
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