Ontario Food Safety Laws and Requirements

The Ontario Food Premise Regulation provides all the detailed requirements for a food premise to ensure the prevention of health hazards. It outlines the minimum requirements pertaining to maintenance, temperature control, sanitizing, pest control, food handler hygiene and the various daily tasks that food handlers are involved in.

The Food Premise Regulation also highlights the requirement for mandatory certification of food handlers and is used by Public Health Inspectors during the inspection.

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Who Should Take This Food Handler Certificate Course In Ontario?

In Ontario, every operator of a food service establishment, and at least one employee on every shift, must hold a Food Handler Certificate. Probe It Food Safety provides an accepted Food Handlers Certificate and is government approved. Our Food Handler Certificate will be valid for 5 years in Ontario and across Canada.

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The Ontario Food Premise Regulation provides all the detailed requirements for a food premise to ensure prevention of health hazards. It outlines the minimum requirements pertaining to maintenance, temperature control, sanitizing, pest control, food handler hygiene and the various daily tasks that food handlers are involved in.

The Food Premise Regulation also highlights the requirement for mandatory certification of food handlers and is used by Public Health Inspectors during inspection.

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ENFORCEMENT; Public Health Inspectors In Ontario

In Ontario, we have municipalities and regional health inspectors inspect food safety across Ontario. Public Health Inspectors typically visit business before they open, as well as every four to six months during operation.

The role of local health inspectors in food safety in Ontario is to:

Inspect food premises

Enforce the food premise regulation

Reduce food-borne illnesses in food service settings

Give warning notices and fines and possible business closure. 

Develop policies and procedures to ensure food is safe and wholesome to consume

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What does the regulation say about Food Handlers Certificate in Ontario

There must be at least one person on-site who has a
valid food handler certificate.

What Should I Do?

EXPERT ADVICE: Get yourself and your entire staff certified. This is the recommendation by health inspectors and the health department. Completing a Food Handler Certification course helps ensure you or your business is never the cause of food poisoning.

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Consequences can be severe if you or your staff choose to neglect food safety certification

What Happens If I Don’t Get The Food Handlers Certificate?

Twice as likely to fail health inspections

50% more likely to have food-borne illnesses

Suspended or revoked Food Establishment license

Business closure

Financial penalties (up to thousands of dollars)

Charges and prosecution

Seizure and destruction of inventory

Bad publicity

Our Food Handler Certificate will be valid for 5 years in Ontario and across Canada.

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ONTARIO GOVERNMENT COMPLIANT. GUARANTEED.

Our food handlers certificate training course has been developed by certified Canadian Public Health Inspectors. This makes our course material and training up to date, compliant, and will be accepted and recognized by all employers in Ontario and across Canada.

Our course is 100% online and there are no hidden fees. We guarantee that our food safety course certificate is valid for five years anywhere in Canada.