Restaurant blitz?
The Health Department in Christchurch is considering a blitz on restaurants to check food handling after a marked increase in food poisoning cases in the last six months.
To the end of last week 172 cases of food poisoning had been reported to the department for this year. This is as many as for the whole of last year.
The Deputy Medical Officer of Health (Dr M. A. Briesemann) said yesterday that food handling in some restaurants appeared to have become “rather lax”. Householders were not blameless however, he said. “Most of the increase is from private homes, but there is sufficient increase from restaurants to warrant some sort of investigation.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800715.2.15
Bibliographic details
Press, 15 July 1980, Page 1
Word Count
113Restaurant blitz? Press, 15 July 1980, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in