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BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
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KALIBO, Aklan – Dining at the seaside is a widely popular experience in the coastal barangay of Tambak in New Washington town.
Tambak boasts of a strip of stalls offering oysters, barbecue, shrimps, squids, crabs, other seafood and drinks. Oysters, or talaba, in particular are cheap.
But how safe are these food at the famous “Talabahan”?
Sanitation in the area is a major concern for public health and local officials, said Mayor Shimonette Peralta-Francisco.
Of particular concern is food and water sanitation at the stalls.
“They need guidance from the LGU (local government unit),” Francisco said in a radio interview.
The local government is monitoring the stalls, made of light materials and operated by at least 31 owners, along the Tambak seawall.
Stall owners are encouraged to observe proper food handling sanitation and provide sanitary facilities for customers.
They are also urged to connect with the local water district so they could provide their customers clean water.
Food handlers must have health certificates, while the establishments’ compliance with sanitation policies must be checked, said Francisco.
Francisco vowed that the local government will maximize Tambak’s tourism potentials and boost economic opportunities in the village, and improve the well-being of the locals. (Aklan Forum Journal/PN)
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