“A third of Geneva’s restaurants do not meet hygiene norms”, Swissinfo, February 12, 2024:
“Serious cases are on the increase, due to dirtiness, storage problems or misleading labelling.
Of the 2,500 inspections carried out last year in Geneva in restaurants and other eating establishments, a third were flagged. And every year, the canton detects tens of serious cases requiring closure, more than what it was four years ago.
“Compared with before the pandemic, we can see that the number of non-compliances, serious cases and repeat offences are slightly more frequent. It’s true that we’ve issued a few more fines in the last two years than we used to,” reported cantonal chemist Patrick Edder on Swiss public television RTS on Sunday.
The frequency of hygiene inspections remains the same: they take place at least every two years…..”
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