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BeSS (Clean, Safe, and Healthy) Recognition Guidelines Essay

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INTRODUCTION

BeSS or “CLEAN, SAFE, AND HEALTHY” is a recognition that will be granted to operators of food premises who meet the four criteria which include their ability to maintain the cleanliness of food premises, to provide healthy food and food that are safe to be consumed as well as to provide food in proper serving sizes according to individual needs. These four criteria are actually branched from two main components specified in the BeSS Recognition Guidelines which are food safety and healthy eating. In addition, BeSS Recognition program is viewed as an enhancement to current monitoring programs that has been implemented by Ministry of Health (MOH).

On the other hand, Food Act 1983 is an Act that has been legislated by …show more content…

First and foremost, we need to look at the food premises that used for or in connection with the preparation, preservation, packaging, storage, conveyance, distribution or sale of any food. According to BeSS (Bersih, Selamat, Sihat) that emphasizes on clean, safe and healthy, food premises must have good structure, stay clean from time to time by realizing the importance to well-maintained the sanitary conditions of kitchen and toilet if any. In fact, BeSS practice is in line with the need for Food Hygiene Regulations 2009 to be fully enforced in January 2014. Food premises can be categorized into restaurant, cafeteria, food hawkers, canteen, catering and so on.

From the other point of view which is based on current legislation; Food Act 1983, premises must meet sanitary and hygienic requirements as specified under regulations made under this Act. For food premises operators who fail to comply with the sanitary and hygienic requirements, the enforcement body or director may order food premises to be put into hygienic and sanitary condition, or even in writing order the closure of the food premises not more than 14 days as well as compound the operators based on the offence committed by them as enshrined under Section 10 and Section 11 of Food Act 1983. Furthermore, there is a requirement that food premises must be registered with a view to provide the enforcement bodies with information so that they

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