Overview

• IPN researchers identified fecal coliforms, including Escherichia coli, in sauces sold at nine Mexico City Metro stations.
• Sedesa and the Agencia de Protección Sanitaria have carried out 546 sanitary verifications this year, suspending 26 street-food vendors for hygiene lapses.
• More than 23,000 food handlers have undergone hygiene training and 12,000 have received field advisories to improve safety practices.
• The health authority is reinforcing laboratory analyses to enhance detection of microbial hazards and expanding surveillance of informal food venues.
• Officials have issued guidelines advising consumers to verify vendor hygiene, avoid undercooked or long-exposed foods and ensure condiments are properly covered.