Goodwood Park Hotel bakery licence suspension lifted

• FireIce

  22 Apr 16, 22:26

  The National Environment Agency (NEA) has suspended the licence of the bakery at Goodwood Park Hotel after several cases of food poisoning were reported.

  The food poisoning cases, traced to the consumption of durian pastries, were reported between March 15 and April 16, a joint press release from the NEA, Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said on Friday (April 22).

  As of Thursday (April 21), 76 cases of food poisoning were reported.

  The bakery's licence has been suspended until further notice.

  MOH's epidemiological investigations found that the consumption of durian pastries was the only common epidemiological link.

  Some lapses were found in food handling in the durian pastry kitchen of the bakery, although the premises were found to be clean with proper housekeeping.

  Further investigations are ongoing.

  The durian pastries there are a favourite among Singaporeans, who expressed their shock about the news on Facebook.

  

  

  Some were relieved that they didn't eat the pastries recently.

  

  

  

  While a few just discovered or shared how they were affected.

  

  

   

  TNP

• laurence82

  22 Apr 16, 22:27

  oh yah some of my friends kena

  posted on fuckbook

  sibei unlucky goodwood

• FireIce

  23 Apr 16, 00:08

  will nt happen to me

• laurence82

  23 Apr 16, 00:12

  coz u no like durian or u no like goodwood park or u no like goodwood park durian pastry?

• TehJarVu

  23 Apr 16, 17:00

  whao 酱也�以

• TehJarVu

  23 Apr 16, 17:03

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  coz u no like durian or u no like goodwood park or u no like goodwood park durian pastry?

  she said eat lewlian liao mai kiss her

  but she love eric khoo becos he rich

• FireIce

  23 Apr 16, 17:29

  西米赛呀

• Laracampbell218

  3 May 16, 04:36

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• QX179R

  5 May 16, 21:40

  107 more cases of food poisoning linked to Goodwood Park durian pastries

  SINGAPORE: Another 100 cases of food poisoning have been linked to the consumption of durian pastries prepared at Goodwood Park Hotel.

  
  

  As of May 3, a total of 183 people have come down with food poisoning after eating the pastries, according to a joint statement issued on Thursday (May 5) by the National Environment Agency (NEA), Ministry of Health (MOH) and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore.

  
  

  This is an increase of 107 cases from the 76 previously reported.

  
  

  "Since the news broke in the media, more have stepped forward to notify that they too, may have been affected after consumption of the durian pastries," the statement said.

  
  

  The hotel's bakery licence, which has been suspended since Apr 22, has not yet been restored. The suspension will continue to be in force until the lapses that might have contributed to the outbreak have been rectified, the Government agencies said.

  
  

  Goodwood Park Hotel has previously said that it treats all matters related to food safety standards "very seriously".

  
  

  "We are addressing the food handling lapses in the durian pastry kitchen highlighted by NEA and aim to rectify them soonest possible," the hotel management said.

  
  

  Goodwood Park added that it is cooperating closely with MOH and NEA on necessary follow-up actions. 

  
  

  - CNA/av
• FireIce

  20 May 16, 20:11

  Goodwood Park Hotel Bakery suspension to be lifted today http://str.sg/4oFp 

• xVernon

  5 Jun 16, 02:44

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