HOSPITAL food outlets can easily meet the challenge by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan to achieve A or B hygiene ratings or risk losing their stalls, given the stringent standards they have to meet now.
And at least one hospital, Singapore General, will now make it compulsory for stalls to be rated A if foodcourt operators want their leases to be renewed.
By contrast, food sellers in hawker centres and small coffeeshops said the same requirements would be impossibly high for them.
Hospitals top tray-return movement's list
TWO hospital food courts have come out tops in the Goodness Gracious Me! tray-return project pioneered by The Straits Times and local food chain Kopitiam.
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) are the only two hospitals that have tray-return racks at their food courts, making it more convenient for diners to return their trays - a suggestion first brought to the table by the management of SGH.
Customers at these outlets, particularly hospital staff, are more conscientious about cleaning up after themselves owing to the hygiene- conscious nature of their work, said a Kopitiam spokesman.
