Do you produce food, handle it or place it on the market? Do you come into direct or indirect contact with these foods (via utensils such as plates or cutlery)? Would you like to work or become active in kitchens in restaurants, canteens and cafés or in communal catering facilities?

Then you need a certificate from the public health department that is no more than 3 months old. This proves that you have successfully completed an instruction course on infection protection measures.

The aim of the instruction is to enable you to recognize your own symptoms of infectious diseases or those of your employees at an early stage. You should also be able to prevent the spread and contamination of food and assess when you should no longer carry out your work if you have certain symptoms.

The certificate is issued either by the public health department or by a doctor appointed by the public health department.

Do you want to work in a kitchen?
Do you work with food?
Or do you want to produce or sell food?
Then you need a letter from the public health department.
The letter must not be older than 3 months.
You must complete a course (training) for this.
The course is about infection protection.

• This means infection protection instruction.
• The course must not be older than 3 months.
• You must complete the course before starting work.

In the course you will learn

• How can you protect yourself from illness?
• How can you protect other people from illness?
• How do you recognize an illness early?

The course costs money.
Sometimes the course is free of charge.
You can make an application for this.