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A survey conducted by the Public Health Inspectors (PHI) found that 18 percent of restaurants and hotels in Sri Lanka served food unfit for human consumption, Chairman of the Public Health Inspectors Union of Sri Lanka Upul Rohana said.
He told reporters that 55 percent of food stations in Sri Lanka were in very good condition while some 27 percent were in satisfactory condition.
He said the statistics were based on a survey conducted by PHIs on restaurants and hotels in Sri Lanka in 2022.
Rohana said they were taking steps to bring the 18 percent of unhygienic food stations at least to the quality of category B in their standings.
He said they were facing practical issues in improving the standard of the hotels and restaurants as there was no permanent staff in those places.
"The staff in those places get changed constantly due to various reasons such as salary issues. We are practically unable to train the staff and subject them to health checkups because of this reason," he said. (Ajith Siriwardana)
System Change Monday, 20 February 2023 02:11 PM
PHIs must be of high integrity to do their job correctly and to a roster without been tempted to take bribes and indirectly contribute to the possible deaths or sicknesses of the citizens due to the negligence of this important control measure.
Prasath Monday, 20 February 2023 02:11 PM
You PHI guys are unfit in all ways for human service, your members made good deals giving passes during covid lock downs even from relatives of death due to covid, now giving out speeches to show that you are still there...
Born again Monday, 20 February 2023 02:12 PM
Most food outlets in SL are terrible in terms of hygiene and food safety. Remember Calorie counter that went viral.
Karalasingam Sivalingam Monday, 20 February 2023 02:19 PM
Almost 90% hotels and restaurants serve unhygienic cheap good. It better to serve polsambolla and rice than putrid food, polsambolla is Sri Lankan traditional menu. Most of the rice packets contain, maniac pumpkin or cucumber curry at a price.
Patriot Monday, 20 February 2023 02:44 PM
Stomach ache, loose motions, food poisoning and fever coupled with intestinal infections are the main symptoms which occur either immediately or within 24 hours of the consumption of bad food.
Jef Monday, 20 February 2023 02:50 PM
Sadly peoples living standards are poor magority are not clean and not interested been hygiene personal grooming cleanliness it is to do mainly how they used to leave in poor conditions even for some hotels restaurants extremely dificult when you have staff that are not come from solid base how much you trained how much you explain they intend to go back to old habits its the culture and up brinings only very few who are practising hygiene cleanliness day in day out ..education programs should be done on lacal tv's for personal hygiene cleanliness along basic food safty measures for healthy living...somany people are unaware the basics
Dee Monday, 20 February 2023 03:02 PM
Sad to see no comments asking for general election!
European Monday, 20 February 2023 03:13 PM
Yes, food poisining Russians, hahaha.
Atta Monday, 20 February 2023 06:03 PM
18 % are probably not paying the bribe
Adwani Monday, 20 February 2023 06:16 PM
Not only 18 percent of restaurants and hotels in Sri Lanka served food unfit for human consumption, even the prices for the foodstuff are not displayed and when a guest orders and consumes, he is served with a huge bill. The prices of vegetable and rice in the market are totally gone down, but the crooks in Hotels and Restaurants show that still the prices of raw foodstuff is very high. Cheating the guests. On top of that, Asela the Canteen broker is threatening with increasing prices of foods served by the Canteens.
SK Kumara Tuesday, 21 February 2023 06:03 AM
Come to Sri Lanka and get a taste of paradise. We work less, but our sweat blood spit and tears are naturally blended to make your meal authentic.
Don Wednesday, 22 February 2023 09:31 AM
I dine out almost every week going to different restaurants and 90% of the time get served garbage not fit for human consumption, the kitchens are filthy you see the so called chefs sweating all over the food while cooking ,not wearing a hat the Goverent is so corrupt they do not care about hygiene only ripping off the poor and giving tax cuts to the non tax paying rich scum in our country . We need non corrupt food inspecters to close down these germ infested restaurants.
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