Service Description: Environmental Health staff carry out inspections of food businesses to ensure that the receipt, handling, processing and distributing of food (including drink) on the Island is safe and hygienic. These inspections are carried out more regularly for businesses presenting greater risk.
Also known as:- Food Safety
Answer: Yes they do, but the extent to which they are trained depends on their duties and associated risks in the food business. It is advisable for most food handlers to be trained to at least foundation level. It may be possible for a suitably trained manager or head chef to carry out in-house training of food handlers themselves. - Related Link