How If you or your staff want to produce, handle or sell perishable food, you must first undergo food hygiene training in accordance with
Complete § 4 of the Food Hygiene Ordinance (LMHV).

This instruction applies to all persons who work in the catering, bakery and confectionery industries, with meat, fish or other perishable foods. You need the training before you can start your work.
and then have to repeat them annually .

During this training, you must acquire the relevant specialist knowledge. This specialist knowledge must be demonstrated to the food inspection authority upon request.

Examples of easily perishable foods include many fresh produce such as certain types of fruit (e.g. strawberries or raspberries), certain types of vegetables (e.g. lettuce or asparagus), meat, fish and milk.

Roughly speaking, it can be assumed that food spoils easily if it is not designed to be kept for a long period of time and therefore spoils in a short time.

The following teaching content is taught according to LMHV Annex 1:

• Properties and composition of the respective food
• Hygienic requirements for the production and processing of the respective food
• Food law: product inspection, shelf life testing and labelling
• Internal controls and traceability
• Emergency plan, crisis management
• Hygienic treatment of the respective food
• Requirements for cooling and storage of the respective food
• Avoiding adverse effects on the food in question when handling food waste, inedible by-products and other waste
• Cleaning and disinfection

The LMHV §4 instruction must be completed annually.

If you own or manage a business, you must ensure that your employees are properly supervised and trained in food hygiene
be trained accordingly.

The training must be documented. The following must be documented in the company's written documentation:

• Which persons (confirmation of participation against signature) at what time

(at least once a year and upon new appointment) about the essential hygiene requirements
of food law. This also applies to the initial and
Follow-up instruction according to IFSG §§43,43.

• Which topics were covered in the teachings (for example

Industrial hygiene, product hygiene, personal hygiene)

• Which person and which company conducted the training for you and your employees.

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You can take the course in various languages. The certificate is a document that must always be issued in German, as it must be presented to your employer and, upon request, to the authorities.