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& FOOD HYGIENE
We are all stakeholders in food hygiene. Whether we are producers, handlers or consumers of food it is in all of our interests that food is safe. One important element of food safety is that food handlers are properly trained to current standards. Most of the food hygiene qualification awarding bodies agree that training needs to be periodically refreshed. At last it is possible to easily identify food handlers with food hygiene skills, thanks to a registration scheme devised by DATAS, in consultation with the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health and Hospitality Training Foundation. FOOD HYGIENE REGISTRATION SCHEME What is FHRS?
How Does the Scheme Operate? It is very simple. An application form is completed to record some basic information. The form is returned to DATAS offices together with a passport type photograph, proof of training and a fee. Depending upon the applicant’s qualification s/he can register as a:
What are the Benefits? To provide cardholders with recognition of their food hygiene and related competence and qualifications. To help improve employment and promotion prospects. Who Can Join? The scheme is open to any eligible individual whether or not currently employed as a food handler. The key to eligibility is proof of achieving an approved food hygiene qualification. Confidence in the Scheme
Click HERE FOR FHRS APPLICATION FORM
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FHRS aims to register people who have achieved a Food hygiene
qualification or students undergoing a training course which includes food
hygiene. They will get an individual card, similar to a
credit card, which lasts five years. This card is the basis of the scheme
because on it is recorded the sort of information a client or employer may need
to know. Each card is unique and shows a photographic image of the cardholder,
his/her qualification and level of competence, and additional or related skills.
An Advisory Committee representing the National Training
organisation and Awarding Bodies has been established to help oversee the
scheme. Experience of this scheme has convinced customers, employers and
employees of its benefits and that proof of food hygiene skills pays.