TEXAS: Candy apples sold on street corners can be dangerous - (KENS 5 Eyewitness News)
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People on street corners around San Antonio sell candy apples, but now, the health department is putting out the word that those apples could make you sick.
Metro Health Sanitation Manager Stephen Barscewski was quoted as saying, Hepatitis A, noro virus that have a fecal, oral route to them, so they’re practicing poor hygienic practices when theyre producing those apples. That’s always a threat.”
The Metro Health Department was cited as saying that with a growing number of vendors popping up on street corners, it wants people to know that most of them are not licensed, and theres no control over how or where the candy apples are made.
Barscewski was further quoted as saying, “Candy apples are being made in houses and garages around the city that certainly aren’t regulated by the city or the state.”
Metro Health is patrolling the city, issuing citations for those selling without a permit.
Chris Davis, who has […]
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