The initiation of investigations and the prohibition of operation of two facilities in the industrial sector of La Negra in Antofagasta, reported the Seremi de Salud. One was made up of three food trucks and the other was a plot of land of about 500 square meters. None had health authorization and they had serious flaws.
Jessica Bravo, Seremi de Salud, explained that the inspection of the professionals of the Food Unit of the Health Authority, which was due to two citizen complaints, revealed a series of infractions that violate the current regulations and that put the population at risk.
In the first installation, located on the outskirts of Finning and made up of three food trucks, the handlers were with their long nails and rings on their hands, cutting vegetables in an open space (patio type) with flies and dust in the air. Added to this is that the drinking water was supplied using drums that did not have the level of residual chlorine required by regulations.
Chickens in paint warehouses
At the same time, the inspection showed that the wastewater drain was deposited in a pond buried in the ground, to which is added the fact that the inspectors found Seasoned raw chicken in plastic paint tanks, at room temperature.
Regarding the clandestine dining room – located in front of the “Plaza de Negocios” Condominium – Jessica Bravo highlighted that the inspection revealed the existence of a large area of approximately 500 m2, which had improvised facilities that served around 100 people at the time of the inspection. distributed among 18 tables, with a significant line of workers on the outskirts of the place who had arrived by bus.
Structurally, the place was made up of two food trucks and a module that did not have bathrooms, sinks, with great ambient heat, dirty surfaces, salads prepared in a hot area, at room temperature, and accumulation of dirty water in plastic tanks.
unusual find
Between the modules of the place, a floor was observed with an accumulation of decomposing food remains, in addition to homemade mayonnaise and exposed dressings.
Likewise, Bravo said, One of the most unusual topics was the discovery of a plastic organizing box with pebre, from which individual diners extracted the product. All this, in addition to the practice of washing dirty dishes with water in drums located in a patio with a dirt floor and the residual water being carried in buckets to a well covered with wooden planks.
Along with regretting the precarious conditions of these illegal premises and the risk they pose to the health of clients, Jessica Bravo highlighted that their owners risk sanctions that according to the Health Code could fluctuate between one tenth and one thousand UTM.
