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  • Essay / Food Safety: Cleanliness, Safety and Health - 1050

    Bess or “clean, safety and health” recognition was imposed on all food premises traders in Malaysia in 2012 and is currently regulated under the enforcement of food safety and quality. Department, Ministry of Health and Department of Nutrition, Public Health Bureau, Ministry of Health in which it is fully supported by several related agencies such as the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs (KPDNKK), local authorities, Department of Agriculture, FAMA, and Department of Islamic Religion, etc. This recognition program is an effective effort that has been implemented by the Ministry of Health in order to encourage all food traders in the country to supply and sell foods that must ensure that they are safe, healthy and nourishing for all customers. The implementation of these guidelines is part of an improvisation against the current surveillance programs that have been applied to all food establishments in the country through the Ministry of Health. Generally, there are four main criteria that must be met by the food establishment trader before successfully obtaining this certificate of recognition for the operational activities and services of their own food establishment. The four main criteria are to perpetuate the level of hygiene according to their own premises, to provide safe and wholesome food and to provide food in a precise portion according to the needs of an individual. In order to acquire this certificate of recognition for their own food establishment with the aim of effectively improving the cleanliness images of the food operator itself for the virtues of their customers, every food establishment trader must adhere meticulously to two main elements as prescribed in the BeSS guidelines. recognition for the middle of paper trader...... of food premises which was enshrined in the Food Act 1983 and the Food Regulations 1985, which included the issuance of a closure notice for the food premises, ordering the food premises to undertake hygiene and sanitation work and also carry out any inspection of food sold by the food store, which included the right to obtain samples of any food for analysis purposes in order to guarantee the highest levels of consumer health and safety on the foods that have been consumed. Furthermore, the court has the right under these two laws to sentence the accused to heavier fines and penalties, longer periods of imprisonment, or both, for these offenses. The court also has the right to suspend or revoke any business license issued to the accused and to order that the food sold by the accused be immediately disposed of and removed from sale to the customer..