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The report also lists sanitization as a concern and the inspector wrote that daycare operator Olena Panfilova had not been properly disinfecting kitchen utensils or toys.

She had “limited to no understanding of proper disinfection techniques for a food premise or daycare setting,” the inspector wrote.

The daycare was ordered shut down on the grounds of health hazards.

It also appeared that the home next door was also being used as part of the daycare, the inspector wrote, as nine children were found there after Eva’s death and some food for the daycare was being prepared there.

There were also 14 dogs in that home, the inspector noted.

The report shows that when an inspector visited again on July 19, one of the operators mused about eventually reopening a daycare at that secondary home.

The Ministry of Education got an injunction that prohibits those daycare operators from providing daycare to any children in Ontario.

Eva’s parents have launched a $3.5-million lawsuit against the owners and operators of the daycare and the Ministry of Education.

The statement of claim does not reveal what the family believes happened inside the daycare that led to their daughter’s death, but alludes to an “incident.”

The family alleges the daycare was an unsafe environment and the operators failed to both monitor children for potential health issues and respond properly to an emergency situation.

Unlicensed daycare providers in Ontario can legally care for no more than five children under the age of 10 in addition to their own children.