Roles and Responsibilities of Food Safety Officer

Food Safety Officer

The Food Safety officer helps to enhance food hygiene and safeguards public health They aids in helping and promoting food hygiene, check the standard of food hygiene in restaurants, homes, retail, catering etc. If you would like to become a food safety officer this post is for you.

Roles and responsibilities of food safety officer

In case you are the food safety officer in any local council; then you will be a part of the Environmental Health and safety team.

Your roles will be like inspecting places and providing license and appropriate rating, investigate the complaints and incidents from the customer.

If you are at senior level, you will manage a group of inspectors, and you will have to provide training, advise and review their works

If suppose you are the food safety in any organization or venue (hotel/ theme park ), in these cases you should monitor food safety in that organization’s all catering field.

You will have to liaise with Food Safety inspectors at the nearby local council, food providers and staff, to make sure  that all level of the food product is of the high standard

You are in charge of checking food product cleanliness and hygiene at each point in the supply chain so it will be safely served to your organization's clients.

For some Food Safety officers, in case of emergency and crises which imply that the end of the week hours is every so often required.

You may invest extra time traveling out to premises that you need to investigate or advise. So you should be adaptable and committed towards the work.

What sort of training is needed to become a food safety officer?

It varies as indicated by the employer. A degree in Food safety /  a diploma in Environmental Health might be required. Good knowledge about HACCP and relevant qualification will be additionally required.

Safety Course in Delhi:

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