CHANGES IN FOOD SAFETY LAW WHAT RESTAURANTS HAVE TO DO TO COMPLY WITH LEGISLATION Compliance to Regulation R638 Requirements Ensuring Hygiene and Food Safety
WHAT RESTAURANTS MUST DO TO COMPLY If you handle food, food equipment or utensils, you must comply with R638 R638 specifies the basic hygiene standards and requirements that every food handling business must have in place CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTABILITY Your Certificate of Acceptability (COA) is issued under this Regulation 2
IF YOUR NAME IS ON THE CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTABILITY (CoA) You are the person responsible for ensuring that the provisions of R638 are complied with LEGAL LIABILITY PENALTIES You will be held legally liable for any contraventions . 1 ST Offence Fine or 6 months imprisonment 2 nd Offence Fine or 12 months imprisonment 3 rd Offence Fine or 18 months imprisonment 3
DUTIES OF THE PERSON IN CHARGE MUST ENSURE THAT THE REGULATIONS ARE COMPLIED WITH HE/SHE IS OTHERS ARE ASSESSMENTS RECORD ADEQUATELY ADEQUATLY & FOLLOW UP KEEPING TRAINED TRAINED TRAINING Any other person He or she is adequately Routine assessments to Training programmes and working on the food trained in the principles and determine the impact of records are kept and routinely . . . premises is adequately practices of food safety and the training and follow up updated, and available to an trained in food safety hygiene training arranged inspector on request. and hygiene, 4
REGULATION R638 HIGHLIGHTS COMPLIANCE IS DEPENDENT ON THE DAILY DECISIONS OF FOOD HANDLERS AND CLEANERS WHO DO THE WORK DEFINITIONS DUTIES CERTIFICATE OF STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTABILITY TRANSPORT OF FOOD PROHIBITION ON EXEMPTIONS AND HANDLING AND ANNEXURES TRANSPORT WHY IS THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED? PENALTIES STANDARDS FOODBORNE OUTBREAKS ARE A GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN 5
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS D R I V I N G M E A S U R E T H R O U G H Compliance with Operational Training – Competence Zero legislated food control / GMPs & assessments & records transgressions safety requirements work due to negligence instructions FOOD SAFETY IS DEPENDENT ON THE DAILY DECISIONS OF FOOD HANDLERS AND CLEANERS WHO DO THE WORK
WHAT WILL YOU DO TODAY TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY PERFORMANCE?
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