Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - The Environmental Health Division is reminding all vendors on Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke who will be selling prepared food items including food, drinks, ice cream, pastries during Farmers’ Week activities that they are required to have a valid food handler’s permit.
Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer, Mrs. Arona Fahie-Forbes told the Department of Information and Public Relations, “Prospective vendors are required to present the food handler’s permit to the Department of Agriculture or respective substation when signing up for a booth.”
Food handler certification is required by law and ensures that food handlers are trained in safe food handling practices to result in safe food products for the public.
Food handler’s educational session is held every Thursday at Conservation and Fisheries Conference Room located in the basement of the Quastisky Building by the roundabout. Registration is from 8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and the session begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 11:00 a.m.
Food handlers’ classes are also scheduled on Virgin Gorda in the Conference Room of the Flax Building, Government Complex for today at 1:30 p.m. and on January 22nd at 9:00 a.m.
Persons renewing their food handlers’ certificate are asked to bring their expired certificate, work permit and/or picture identification. Persons seeking to obtain a food handlers’ certificate for the first time are asked to bring the result of their stool analysis test, work permit and /or picture identification and one recent passport size photograph.
Farmers’ Week activities will be held from February 7-14.
The Environmental Health Division is committed to ensuring that all aspects of the environment with the potential to negatively impact health are managed efficiently to enable all persons in the BVI to attain and maintain optimal health and social well-being.
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