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April 16, 2008
bron The Daily Herald
A two day food handlers workshop was recently held on the island of Saba and
according to Head of the Public Health Department Dr. Gys Koot the workshop can be
considered to have been a great success. Dr. Koot told SNA that he is extremely
satisfied with the results of the workshop. It was well attended the participants
were very enthusiastic. For many of the participants this was the first time that
they have participated in a food handlers workshop. 95% of the participants that
attended are working in the food handling business and they were all happy with the
level of the workshop which was conducted by Mr. Cedric Ortega and Ms. Maria van
Heijningen from the Hygiene Department of the Island Government of St. Maarten.
Dr. Koot explains that hopefully in the next 6 months another workshop will be
organized on the island and those that were unable to attend this one will be able
to attend then, as it is mandatory for all persons working in the food handling
business to attend these workshops. We are talking about food safety and as a
department we would continue to do our best to make sure that we carry out these
type of workshops. During the workshop it was extremely important for all food
handlers to be aware how important it is for them to know that they should wash
their hands at all times.
Both Mr. Ortega and Ms. van Heijningen also accompanied our own Inspectress of
Hygiene Ms. Cassandra Wilson to several business places on Monday morning. We will
continue to carry out our inspections at all business places on the island Dr. Koot
stressed. The quality of the workshop was on a very high standard and we expect for
all participants to observe what they have been taught during the workshops which
was held on Saturday and Sunday. Business managers attended the workshop on Saturday
and employees attended on Sunday where there were two sessions.
Dr. Koot said that he wanted to thank the Inspectress of Public Hygiene Ms.
Cassandra Wilson for organizing the workshop and he now looks forward in a much
better healthier Saba were food safety is concerned. Regular inspections will
continue and if need be we will also carry out some stricter inspections.
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