Training for informal food traders

KNYSNA NEWS - The Garden Route District Municipality's (GRDM) environmental health office in Knysna recently held an informal food traders training session at the Masifunde Library in Joodse Kamp.

The purpose of the session was to create awareness among informal food traders about food safety, the legal requirements and responsibilities, good operational procedures and red meat handlers’ awareness of food safety issues.

Among the health and hygiene topics that were presented were health and hygiene practices in an informal food environment, five keys to safer food, and the legal requirements and implications for formal and informal slaughtering.

A total of 23 informal food traders participated in the session and incentives of significant value were also handed over to them.

The participants expressed their gratitude towards the GRDM for empowering them with the knowledge that would guide them on preparing food that is of a healthy and hygienic nature.

The 23 informal food traders who received training from the Garden Route District Municipality's environmental health practitioners' Knysna office. Photo: Supplied