Delinquent Stabroek Market food vendors handed ‘stop trading’ orders

By Stabroek News On In Business |
These two food stalls in Stabroek Market were ordered closed by the Clerk of Markets earlier this week on account of the failure of their operators to renew their food handlers certificates. When Stabroek Business visited the market on Thursday, the stall on the left had resumed business though it appears that the owner of the stall on the right had still not renewed the all-important food handlers’ certificate.
These two food stalls in Stabroek Market were ordered closed by the Clerk of Markets earlier this week on account of the failure of their operators to renew their food handlers certificates. When Stabroek Business visited the market on Thursday, the stall on the left had resumed business though it appears that the owner of the stall on the right had still not renewed the all-important food handlers’ certificate.

Stabroek Business has learnt that earlier this week the Office of the Clerk of Markets ordered the closure of two stalls offering cooked food for sale in the Stabroek Market on account of the failure by the vendors to renew their Food Handlers’ Certificates.

Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba confirmed in a brief interview with the Stabroek Business that an order by the Clerk of Markets that the vendors stop trading came after it was found that the Food Handlers’ certificates for stall #97/ Section Three run by Mohindra Seeram and stall #98/Section Three run by Mohani Girdat had expired in September and October this year, respectively. The Acting Town Clerk told Stabroek Business that the issue of the Food Handlers’ Certificates had arisen during a meeting in July and vendors had said