TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The police are reporting the arrest of eight persons for breaches of the Public Health (Food Handlers) and the Public Health (Butchers) Regulations during operations in the town of Falmouth, Trelawny yesterday.

Reports from the Praedial Larceny Unit are that between the hours of 12:20 pm and 8:15 pm, a team of police personnel along with Public Health Inspectors carried out operations during which a number of meat shops in Falmouth were inspected.

Three persons were arrested for breaches of the regulations including failing to produce Public Health Certificates. The Falmouth Meat Market was then visited and inspected and five persons arrested for not having a butcher’s licence and food handlers’ permit.

The police said the identities of the persons arrested are being withheld to facilitate further investigations.

Deputy Superintendent Kevin Francis, in charge of the Praedial Larceny Unit said the police would be relentless in enforcing public health regulations. “The Praedial Larceny Unit will be unrelenting in our efforts to educate and enforce the various regulations treating on food safety and security”, he said.