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To address the issue of food-safety related violations and to make the work easier for municipalities’ inspectors, a proposal has been forwarded to to the Minister of Municipality and Environment for opening a training centre for workers employed by eateries, an official at the Ministry said.
“To make the work easy for municipalities’ inspectors and to decrease food violations a proposal has been presented to the minister for opening training centres for employees of food outlets and restaurants. The proposed centre will teaching them how to deal properly with food and also educate them on food hygiene”, a sources at the Ministry told The Peninsula.
“After opening these training centers for workers, hygiene standards will be met because workers will be well-aware of food safety and the violations will also decrease,” he added.
“Generally, violations at eateries are committed due to lack of knowledge among their staff. Therefore, we are suggesting the launch of such training centers which will be run under the umbrella of municipalities and experts will deliver lectures to workers”, he added.
“We usually provide awareness lectures to workers but there exists a problem that the workers are usually changed every two to three weeks at food outlets hence our activity does not bring desired results. Every time we visit a food outlet, we find new faces which makes our awareness job more difficult. The proposed centers will give certificates to workers who will join classes”, he said.
"Some restaurant chains have more than 200 workers. It is in their favour to get their workers trained from these centres and avoid penalties which are imposed when violations are committed by their employees," he explained. He said that most of food violations committed at restaurants because food passes through many phases like storing, preparing and cooking.
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