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ON RHODE ISLAND.
POWER OUTAGES STATEWIDE, AND A
BIG CONCERN IS FOOD POISONING.
Susan: WITH GROCERY STORES
AND RESTAURANT STILL WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY, HEALTH INSPECTORS
ARE OUT IN FULL FORCE MAKING
SURE TO KEEP FOOD SAFE.
Mike: WE HAVE MORE ON WHAT'S
BEING DONE.
Reporter: RIGHT LONG HERE IN
NEWPORT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
THEY DIDN'T LOSE POWER FOR THE
MOST PART BUT THEY DID HAVE A
LOT OF FLOODWATER, CONTAMINATED
FLOODWATER THAT CAME INTO THEIR
RESTAURANT, IN SOME CASES FOUR
FEET OF WATER.
SO HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE OUT
HERE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE
CLEANING IT PROPERLY SO THAT
WHEN YOU EAT HERE YOU'RE SAFE.
Reporter: SANITIZING
COMPANIES WORKING OVER TIME.
RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES WORKING
FAST AND FURIOUS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NINE
PEOPLE OUT.
Reporter: AND NINE HEALTH
INSPECTORS MAKING SURE THAT FOOD
ESTABLISHMENTS DO NOT OPEN UP
AND SERVE UP FOOD THAT HAS GONE
BAD OR BEEN CONTAMINATED.
SUPERMARKETS ARE OVER AN THEY
HAVE GENERATORS.
THEY'LL RUN THE LIGHTS AND CASH
REGISTERS BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE
GENERATORS THAT RUNNING
REFRIGERATOR.
Reporter: THIS RESTAURANT GOT
THE CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH TO RUN
THIS MORNING.
LUCKY FOR US, AND I'M SURE
TIME.
Reporter: HEALTH INSPECTORS
FOOD.
THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE
RESTAURANT THAT NEED SANITIZING
EQUIPMENT TO CLEAN FLOORS,
THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT
ANYTHING THAT THEY COME IN
CONTACT WITH, POTS AND PANTS ARE
DECONTAMINATED.
IF ANYTHING HAS BEEN FLOODED,
YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THOSE FOOD
PRODUCTS.
Reporter: THEY'RE LOCATING
GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANT
THAT MAY BE WITHOUT POWER, AND
INSPECTORS MAKE SURE THAT THEY
THROW OUT CONTAMINATED FOOD.
IF POWER HAS BEEN OFF FOR
MORE THAN 24 HOURS IN SOME PLA
PLACES, TEMPERATURES WON'T HOLD
FOODS THAT LONG.
Reporter: WITH HEALTH
INSPECTORS TRYING TO INSPECT
THESE RESTAURANT AND MARKETS
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALMOST IMPACT
FOR THEM TO HIT EVERY ONE OF
THEM.
BOTTOM LINE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
YOUR HELP.
IF YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT AND
SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK QUITE