Vendor seen in viral video urinating in container pleads not guilty

Denese Adams, the vendor who was seen in a viral video urinating into a container at the Charles Gordon Market in St James earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to the charge of breaching the Public Health Food Handling Regulations.

Adams made her first court appearance today at the St James Parish Court.

During the court proceedings, it was disclosed that attorney Henry McCurdy, who represented Adams, needed time to review several statements in relation to the matter.

Adams, who was summoned to attend the court sitting, was subsequently bound over by parish judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton to return on October 23, when her case will be mentioned.

The vendor was charged earlier this month in relation to six breaches of the Public Health Food Handling Regulations. These regulations relate to the protection of food from contamination and holding a valid food handler’s permit.

According to reports, a passing motorist video-recorded Adams urinating into a container, and then pouring the urine into a bottle, while sitting in a motor vehicle outside the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, where she was selling fruits and ground provisions.

The footage subsequently went viral on social media.

The St James Health Department later declared that Adams, whose food handler’s permit had expired in 2021, would not be allowed to continue plying her trade.

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