Unhygienic food in Jaffna a cause for concern

More than 50 per cent of restaurants and eateries in the Jaffna town are allegedly serving unhygienic food to customers, the Jaffna Municipal health authorities said yesterday.

They said cases have already been filed against owners of 11 restaurants for running them in unhygienic manner while nine were ordered to be closed down, as their owners had not taken appropriate measures to improve the situation.

A Municipal Health Department official said of the 250 restaurants registered with the Municipality, some 117 restaurants were run in an unsatisfactory manner. He said they had been given one week's time to improve the situation.

He added that legal action would be taken against owners of restaurants and eateries who did not take measures to improve the hygienic conditions.