When having dinner with friends and family we have to thank official guidelines and controls done by the hygiene inspectors the restaurants near me are places where you take your beloved ones to have dinner, not a food poisoning. What do restaurant and bar owners have to take into consideration?
Restaurants and Bar Hygiene Check Finland – the essentials
Nearly everything that happens here in the north of Europe is regulated by officials. And most of the time we can say that the results of their work are good. Gordon Ramsay, known from several TV appearances and one of our favourite Brits, has shown that good hygiene controls at restaurants and bars are key for a healthy guest. If you have a strong stomach, you can see in one of his shows how the results of bad food controls can look like and how it endangers the customers without them even knowing.
Control is better than a bad stomach
Our friends from the Finnish Food safety authority Evira are responsible for guiding entrepreneurs that handle food and beverages to fulfill a good job regarding food safety and food hygiene. If you start a restaurant or a bar in Finland, you already are a proud owner of one or you want to find employment in the field of food processing, at some point you will come across Evira.
The mission of the Finnish food safety authority (Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto) is to provide hygiene coaching for restaurant workers. Furthermore, Evira implements hygiene checkups frequently and informs the public about current health risks, news on the food market and studies about food safety. In the following we want to share some information about service Evira provides and how you can prepare for the next hygiene checkup in Finland.
How do hygiene checkups in Finland work, how can I be prepared for them?
As a customer you might be interested in finding out about the rating that the restaurant of your choice received by using the search engine service from Evira. Just enter the restaurant name and place at “Hae yrityksiä” and click on “etsi”.
If you want to be prepared for checkups of your own restaurant, you should get to know how officials carry out their hygiene controls and what are the most important things to focus on. In this text we can give you a short impression of the hygiene checkups. Please read the official Oiva Evaluation Guidelines for registered food premises in English to be fully prepared.
The ratings are presented to the public with emojis. The different grades are very good, good, improveable or poor. The results of the checkup should be put up somewhere in the restaurant where the customers can see them. They will have a huge influence on the popularity and success of your business.
To fulfill the necessities, you have to be prepared in the following segments:
– Self-monitoring plan
– Suitability, sufficiency and maintenance of premises and instruments
– Cleanliness of premises, surfaces and equipment (das kommt als Zweites)
– Training of the staff
– Food production or processing hygiene
– Food temperature management
– Allergies and intolerance causing agents
– Oiva report presentation
Important training for you and your workers
To pass the official hygiene evaluation in Finland every member of your staff has to have a hygiene passport. The preparation for the passport is easy and can be understood by immigrants. If you want to apply for the hygiene passport lessons to better your chances of getting a job, ask the TE-office for support. If you are providing jobs, make sure that your workers regularly visit the lessons and have their hygiene passports available in the case of checkups.
In the test future restaurant workers and all people in jobs where they have to handle unpacked food should be prepared for questions about hygiene, food safety, correct handling of food and monitoring of work. As an entrepreneur you have to be proactive, check that your workers do a good job and provide them with everything they need to ensure the safe handling and the hygiene standard you want to see in your restaurant or bar.
Provide your workers with a clear restaurant cleaning checklist and high quality cleaning supplies for the restaurant and kitchen area. Be aware that only a professional restaurant cleaning service can guarantee that everything in your establishment is spotless and follows the hygienic standards. Don’t make your staff fulfill tasks they are not hired for. Cleaning might be a part of every cook’s and service worker’s job but don’t assume that they will be fully motivated to do a full restaurant and kitchen cleaning in addition to their daily work.
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