Hill Milling has been given a number of requirements with which it has  to comply before the food packaging plant can reopen.

This follows the latest clean-up operation by health officials which took place this morning at the Haggatt Hall, St. Michael business.

The plant which packages sugar, corn meal, flour, oats, and other foodstuff was ordered closed about three months ago after an inspection by health officials who had received a tip-off about alleged rodent infestation at the business.

Acting on the tip, environmental health officers visited that plant and the vector control unit was called in. The officers found that there was evidence of rodent infestation and ordered the packaging plant closed.

Today’s operation was the third of its type by the environmental health unit of the ministry of health and involved the removal of two container loads of foodstuff that was transported to the Mangrove Landfill in five large dump trucks with a police escort. The foodstuff has been dumped and buried.

In all, over the past three months, 21 dump truck loads of foodstuff have been ordered dumped, representing the contents of six shipping containers.

Health Ministry sources tell Starcom Network News that the cleaning of the bond and training of staff in rodent prevention practices has commenced and has to be completed before the business can be cleared to reopen.