Standards to be maintained by Food Handlers in Hotels and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR)
The term Food Handler refers to individuals involved in food production, food processing, food packaging, and serving food including water and beverages. Therefore, Food Handlers are required to receive food safety training & proper health screening.
Health Atmos understands that food safety is important that is why we offer tailor-made health screening packages for our food handlers. These packages are designed to identify any underlying health issues and educate our food handlers on how to avoid contamination while working with food.
Read how we worked together with McDonald's India to get their employee health checkup done across West & South India.
Why is Customized Health Packages essential for Food handlers?
Our health screening packages are comprehensive and cover a range of tests, including services like CBC (Complete Blood Count), Urine Routine, Stool Routine, Doctor Certificate, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Typhoid Vaccine, Sputum test in Mumbai (MMR region only) and Physical Evaluation with healthcare professionals. We recognize that different occupational platforms require different levels of health screening that is why we offer customized health packages to the specific needs of the organization.
Health Atmos provides food business operators with health screening packages to identify the underlying problems and diseases early and educate your employees to avoid contamination when working. We offer packages for the different occupational platforms as per the need and requirements of the organization that suits the routine pattern of your employees. Health Atmos has been formed by leaders of healthcare and we have a tie-up with Pan India labs and hospitals.
What is the Safety Precautionary measures to be taken by the Food Industry Staff?
- Wash, clean and dry your hands before handling food
- Wear gloves and aprons to avoid the risk of food contamination
- Maintain proper personal hygiene (which involves nails, teeth & gums, ears & eyes)
- Avoid loose hair & sweat from encountering food
- Food handlers must report to their manager if they suffer from Diarrhoea, Vomiting, Nausea, Jaundice, Fever, Sneezing, Cough & Cold
What are the Vaccination requirements for Food Handlers?
According to FSSAI rules, vaccination must be given to cover infectious & communicable diseases; therefore, the following are required to be given to every worker.
- Typhoid – Once every year
- TT – Once every 6 months
- Hepatitis B – Set of 3 injections at an interval of 0, 1, 6 months every 3 years
If you own a restaurant, food delivery service or food handler and require a health checkup package for your restaurant/company just send us an email at su*****@he*********.com or call us at +919819080018 or WhatsApp us.
