On the occasion of the year-end holiday season, the Secretariat of Health through the Environmental Health Unit informs the general community that for foodborne diseases to be avoided, the following precautions must be kept in mind when purchasing food for your consumption or for other people:

•    The tidiness of the establishment wherein food products will be purchased
•    Packaging conditions
•    Expiration date of the products
•    Proper handling
•    Read the general, nutritional, terms of use and storage conditions information of the product.
Measures were extended to fishery products. Please do not purchase if product has any of these:

•    Aspect is repugnant
•    Mutilations, trauma and deformations not caused by effects of storage conditions
•    Coloring, odor or abnormal tastes, signs of decomposition or worm infestation.
Vehicles transporting food must be identified and must be of exclusive use. Items or substances that can become potential contaminant should not be transported.

“The instructions of Governor Ronald Housni are clear. All information to the community must be given by the Secretariat of Health so the year-end holidays in family can be enjoyed and without any kind of setback”, affirm Heyder Avendaño, Departmental Secretary of Health.




PRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE