Organization : Ministry For Energy and Health
Type of Facility : Registration of Food Handlers
Country: Malta
Registration of Food Handlers:
The Registration of Food Handlers Regulations, 2001 (L.N. 178 of 2001) states that:
1. No person shall act as a food handler without registering as such with the Food Safety Commission.
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2. No person shall employ any food handlers in any food business who are not registered with the Food Safety Commission and are in possession of a current registration document.
3. Any food handler who applies for registration with the Food Safety Commission must possess a valid certi ficate as described in the Schedule to these regulations.
4. Any food handler registered with the Food Safety Commission shall be issued with a registration document.
5. The Food Safety Commission shall keep a register of all food handlers issued with a registration document.
6. Such registration document shall be valid for a period of two years or five years depending on the type of valid certificate presented.
7. The Food Safety Commission shall renew the registration document when requested to do so provided a valid certificate is also presented when the request is made.
8. Such registration document shall be available for inspection by an authorised officer when so demanded
Valid Certificates are issued by Authorised Tutors.
Food Safety Commission:
The duty of the Commission is to monitor, co-ordinate and keep under review all practices, operations and activities relating to food and for this purpose it shall:
(a) effectively apply the precautionary principal when a significant risk to consumers is identified or reasonably suspected;
(b) monitor the enforcement of any relevant legislation, standards and practices in relation to food business, food premises and persons operating in the food business;
(c) administer an efficient and effective system for rapid alert, product recall and product withdrawal in order to protect the consumer from any risk that may have identified or suspected for products already available to the consumer;
(d) do all such things as may be necessary to ensure that international obligations entered into by the Government on all matters relating to food are complied with;
(e) formulate and implement policies and strategies with short-term and long-term objectives, in relation to all matters relating to food, including the development of a national surveillance and enforcement plan for food safety and to ensure the effective, transparent and comprehensive implementation of such plan;
(f) give advice to the Minister on any matter relating to food either at the request of the Minister or, when it deems it appropriate, without such request;
(g) carry out studies, research or investigation on any matter relating to food and for such purpose shall require the submission of any information and shall analyse and interpret any data or information submitted to it;
(h) ensure that proper records and registers are kept to ensure that persons responsible for any food products may be identified;
(i) issue such guidelines as may be necessary in relation of food safety;
(j) consider and keep under review the efficacy of food safety practices being adopted from time to time and make a report theron at least annually to the Minister;
(k) carry out such other functions as the Minister may prescribe by regulations; and
(l) carry out such other duties as may be conductive to the better performance of its functions under this Act.
Contact:
Ministry for Energy and Health (Health)
Palazzo Castellania, 15 Merchants’ Street,
Valletta VLT 2000, MALTA
Telephone: (+356) 21224071