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According to INEGI, street trade increased its contribution from 40.6 to 42.2 percent.
Informal trade has become a structural problem not only in Mexico, where it represents close to 20 percent of the national GDP according to Statista.
A study of the National Survey of Occupation and Employment, assured that 54.8 percent of Mexicans work informally.
Stomach illnesses tend to be caused by eat in the streetbecause the reality is that we do not know where it is really bought from the meat or the products they use to cook and sell them, however, there are institutions that regulate street vendors to prevent damage to the health of consumers.
According to a study of the Ministry of Economyduring the first quarter of 2023, people who worked as street vendors They were 1,056, being 3 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2022 and within the same period an average salary of 3,062 pesos was observed, registering an increase of 2.85 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of said year.
In addition, ENDO revealed that during In the fourth quarter of 2022, the workforce of Street Vendors in Mexico reached 1.51 million of people, which sell tamales, bread, chilaquiles, atole and much more, foods that are highly sought after by Mexicans.
In addition, the percentage of sales that the merchants have are of the 20 percent, since in the fourth quarter of 2022, men employed in street food vendors they represented 44.1 percent of the employed population and women 55.9 percent, so the concept of sale continues to grow.
On the other hand in TikTok a user exhibited to a taco maker who put a mop into the casserole where he puts the meat so that it cooks and serve the tacos; The boy captured the moment of the action and the taquero just turned around and smiled, but he was hiding it.
@markopoficial1 No wonder I lasted a week with diarrhea.! 😤 : #The one and only #markopeña #YEAAHH #flypシ #fyp #viral #cdmx🇲🇽 #tacoscochinos ♬ original sound – #elmero_mero #markopeña
It should be noted that in case you see this type of action you must present your complaint with Health or COFEPRIS, which must take action on the matter to carry out an investigation on the situation and financially sanction in case of finding irregularities with the reported premises.
Other places that have had this type of problem are restaurants and inns, which must have a control of quality when serving food or drinkbecause in case of having the opposite it can cause damage to the health of consumers.