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Marcal Joanilho

Supermarket chain ParknShop will open all but one of its live fish counters this week despite being unable to trace the source of the cholera bacteria found at its Chi Fu Fa Yuen outlet  last week.

The store has also insisted that it is not looking to blame anyone for the problems which have crippled its fresh fish sales.

Peter Johnston, the chain's quality assurance manager, said tests on water from fish tanks in all its branches and at its fresh fish centre in Aberdeen had satisfied the company that the source of the cholera scare was not any of its premises.

While assuring consumers that live fish in ParknShop supermarkets would be safe because the company had 'implemented all necessary precautions'', he could not pin down where the cholera had entered the system.

The live fish counter at Chi Fu Fa Yuen in Pokfulam would remain closed until the health authorities completed their investigation.

A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said the department was aware that ParknShop would reopen its fish counters next week.

'ParknShop closed all its fish stalls voluntarily on September 1,' he said. 'It is entirely a commercial decision of the company to resume the business of these fish counters.'

He said water samples  would be taken from the store's re-opened fish counters  next week to test for the presence of vibrio cholera bacteria. The department's investigation into the discovery of the bacteria in fish tank water at Chi Fu Fa Yuen was continuing, he said.

The director of the department would not allow the fish counters to re-open unless he was satisfied with the hygiene conditions.



Satisfied with hygiene, the store will reopen most of its counters