Report Text:
Food was found to have been re-frozen after thawing. Â The re-frozen food products were removed immediately and destroyed. Â The manager reminded all the personnel in its fleet of the danger of re-freezing thawed food. Â If food is thawed and then refrozen, pathogens and micro-organisms can be allowed to grow, resulting in food poisoning, sickness and dysentery.
CHIRP Comment:
It is sometimes the case that Health, Safety, Security and the Environment is considered as hSSE rather than HSSE, i.e. health issues do not receive sufficient prominence. Â So CHIRP is pleased to include this reminder of the need for proper food hygiene.
Food poisoning can be extremely unpleasant and, in severe cases, life-threatening. Â This can apply across the maritime sector, on commercial ships, fishing vessels or yachts.
It is worthy of note that this manager has given prominence to this subject not as a result of an actual outbreak of poisoning but rather as a result of an early identification by ship’s staff of the hazardous incident, i.e. the re-freezing of the thawed food.
