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Food Safety
MOH
Appointment - PITAKOTTE
2008 A/L Batch

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What is food safety?

Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food borne illness.

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WHO principles of food hygiene

Prevent contaminating food with pathogens spreading from people, pets, and pests. raw and cooked foods to prevent contaminating the cooked foods.

Separate

foods for the appropriate length of time and at the appropriate 6/5/12

Cook

Food safety related hierarchy

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Duties of a PHI
Control of communicable Food Safety Refuse School

diseases

disposal and sanitary activities health Programme of housing Health Health safety of drinking water

Inspection Ensuring

Occupational
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Environmental

Activities done by PHI

Responsib
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le for health

Activities done by PHI

Empowered

to take food samples for

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Activities done by PHI contd..

Should

plan conduct food raids during normal times and specially during epidemics-prosecution register food handling establishments in the area inspect slaughter houses

Should Should

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Process of Sampling

Done according to the Act no. 26 1980 Gives the standards of almost all the food items methods of sampling
Formal

Two

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Informal

Formal sampling

All steps should be conducted precisely.

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Formal sampling
Each

sealed with sealing wax and embossed with MOH seal and thumb imprint of the vendor samples have to be kept for 3 months. within 3 months for prosecution

The

Report Single

sample for bacteriological analysis- if problems with procedure 6/5/12

Informal sampling

To get a basic idea on levels of food hygiene in an area. Vendor identification information not provided. No prosecution is possible ! There for no legal action possible. Only warning.

Only a single sample is taken from a single suspicious source

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Actions Taken
Has PHI

powers of Criminal Procedure Code (Act no. 15 of 1979) has the power to arrest or fine any person who violate the Food Act Injury to Health Rs. 5,500 10,000 offense warning offenses Fine [increases in subsequent offenses] Imprisonment

1st

Next

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Limitations
Have

deficiencies in Act no. 26 (1980) to cooperate with vendors time taken for reports to come

Unable Long Have

clashes with Consumer Protection Authority Sampling Fines

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Suggestions
To

make an amendment to suite the persisting issues legal criteria for all the authorities who work under food safety

Similar

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Thank You !
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