Atlantic Hotel, Daavi Ama Chop Bar and other eateries in hot waters over unhygienic kitchen practices

A joint operation by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) led by the Environmental Health Department has led to the closure of some eateries and public toilets whiles some have been warned.

Speaking on the Jolly Breakfast Show on Friday, September 30, Mr Abdul Karime Hudu, the Environmental Health Officer said they embarked on this exercise to inspect the hygienic condition under which some facilities were operating, particularly public toilets and eateries.

During the exercise, 4 facilities were closed down after their visit, during their inspection, the realised the kitchens of some of these eateries ware in a bad state and prepared their meals under unhygienic conditions.

According to Mr Hudu, some eateries had very dirty kitchens and were not up to the preferred standard which led to the contamination of their meals as even at the time of visit, they sighted dead flies in their food.

These particular eateries were in the business capital of Takoradi which included Daavi Ama Chop Bar and one other that were eventually shut down in the process.

Speaking on Atlantic Hotel, they were given a 2-week notice to fix a sewage problem in their kitchen or they will be shut down as well.

Also, two (2) public toilets in the business central of Takoradi were shut down in the process as their sewage were connected directly to the open gutters of the public.