Do you want to work in a kitchen?
Do you work with food?
Or do you want to produce or sell food?
Then you’ll need a letter from the health department.
The letter must not be more than 3 months old.
To get it, you must complete a course (training).
The course covers infection control.

• This is known as infection control training.
• The course must not be more than 3 months old.
• You must complete the training before starting work.

In the course, you will learn:

• How can you protect yourself from illnesses?
• How can you protect other people from illnesses?
• How can you recognize a disease early on?

The course costs money.
Sometimes the course is free.
You can apply for financial assistance.

Please contact your local public health department.

Do you produce, handle, or distribute food? Do you come into direct or indirect contact with this food (via utensils such as plates or cutlery)? Would you like to work in the kitchens of restaurants, cafeterias, and cafés, or in institutional food service facilities?

In that case, you’ll need a certificate from the public health department that’s no more than 3 months old. This certifies your successful participation in a training session on infection control measures.

The goal of the training is to enable you to recognize your own symptoms of infectious diseases—or those of your coworkers—at an early stage. You should also be able to prevent the spread of infection and food contamination, and assess when you are no longer permitted to work if you experience certain symptoms.

The certificate is issued either by the public health department or by a physician authorized by the public health department.